by the glass

[Thomas]

So, the answer to high wine prices in restaurants is that to bring the prices down, we need to make daily wine consumers out of Americans. And boy, is that proving a daunting task.
Let's hope Gillespie's project in Albany, NY (that other wine state) and Houston, TX (that other, other wine state) prove successful and that consumers let producers know what they need to know to reach more people.
Until then, I suppose if you want a great, or even good, bottle of wine with dinner, and afford it too, stay home.
A terrible, but unfortunately, real situation.
Randy, you have kind of said that dining out is for a certain income-class of people, which is likely why America has so much in the way of fast (so-called) food across its landscape. What we need is what you find in McD in Europe -- 375 ml bottles of wine with our hamburger and fries.