To many consumers, the question is simple.
“If they can sell beer in here, they should be able to sell wine,” Wil Prude, a shopper at a Brentwood Kroger, said on a recent afternoon.
But debate over where wine can be sold has vexed anyone who thought it would be easy. From the 1970s, when Tennessee first looked at reforming its post-Prohibition liquor laws, to today, grocery stores and liquor stores have battled over who should be able to sell Tennesseans a bottle of their favorite Merlot, Chablis or Riesling.
Liquor stores have won every fight so far. But they may not for much longer.
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