Guv's supermarket wine sales plan under fire on Long Island
Quick ReadBeverage retailers and wholesalers blast Gov. David Paterson's plan to allow supermarket wine sales to raise revenue for the state.
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Ed Wassmer, owner of Young's Fine Wines & Spirits, speaks to reporters in his Manhasset store Tuesday on an effort to keep wine out of supermarkets. Among those with Wassmer are, from right, Joe Viscomi, owner of Cappy's Warehouse Liquors in Valley Stream, and Charles Massoud of Paumonok Wines. (April 6, 2010)
A spirited Manhasset news conference of business owners, local legislators and supporters Tuesday had some harsh words for Gov. David A. Paterson's proposal to allow supermarkets to sell wine.
Ed Wassmer, owner of Young's Fine Wines & Spirits, where the conference was held, told the several dozen people gathered that the plan was a "devastating job-killing proposal" whose estimated revenue...
