Rip-off artists and their winelists

[Innkeeper]

Up here and in other states restaurants have to pay retail. To make matters worse, the state has recently moved all the booze from state stores to retailers, so the available inventory has been cut by two thirds. If a restaurant or an individual wants a special order, they have to order a week in advance and get a whole case. The restaurants have been ordering wines directly from the distributors for several years now, but still have to pay retail.