You can’t buy wine in a grocery store or supermarket in New York. Sporadic efforts in the last 40 years to change state law to allow it have all failed. But a recent poll says New Yorkers are largely in favor of a change, and some momentum is building. On this episode of “The Eagle” Table Hopping’s Steve Barnes talks to an upstate liquor store owner about the potential implications of allowing wine sales in grocery stores. Also on this episode, we’ll talk about this year’s Times Union Best of the Capital Region contest.

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