Who removed my cheese?
In the past week, I’ve gotten solicitations from practically every wine shop in NYC. This is the home stretch of the sacred fourth quarter and they are all vying for our business! But there is something missing in their gift baskets.
I got an email from BottleRocket with wines and books in their gift baskets.
I got printed materials from Zachy’s showing wine and stemware selections in theirs.
I got print and emails from Crush suggesting their gifts of miscellaneous essentials for wine lovers including a Laguiole corkscrew with a black horn handle.
What do all of these things have in common? They are all missing gourmet cheeses or other foods. Why? The kibosh on the food-wine pairing is courtesy of the ancient laws that govern wine retailing in New York State that prohibit wine retailers from selling food (or cigars). You never know what might happen if you could buy Camembert with your Sancerre…New Yorkers can say it with wine this holiday–just get the cheese from somewhere else.
Related: Interactive map of NY wine shops
tags: wine | wine gifts | new york
On November 28th, 2006 at 4:05 pm ,Benjamin Bicais wrote:
That sort of archaic regulation really is a shame, and clearly makes no sense. It’s the annoying 21st amendment acting up again…
On November 28th, 2006 at 5:30 pm ,GollyGumDrops wrote:
Bizarre. I don’t undertsand why Americans put up with such restrictive, anti-competitive rules.