DlO—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 25,1984
YORK Gov. Dick Thornburgh
has told a regional wine industry
organization that a private liquor
and wine system, such as he has
proposed, “would provide for
Pennsylvania consumers the full
range of products that they have
been denied fpr so long by the
state’s inefficient and
mismanaged public liquor
monopoly.”
Addressing the Eastern Section
of the American Society of
Enologists at the Sheraton-York
Inn, Thornburgh vowed to continue
to press for enactment of
legislation which would turn the
government liquor and wine
monopoly over to private en
terprise over a five-year period.
“There are those in this state
who would love to see this issue go
away,” said the governor. “I want
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Thornburgh addresses wine group
to assure you and those who have a
vested interest in protecting the
status quo that we will continue to
keep alive our efforts on behalf of
this long overdue reform.”
Noting the Society’s efforts to
advance the cause of quality grape
growing and wine-making,
Thornburgh said, “It must be as
frustrating to you as it has been to
Pennsylvania consumers to be
forced to deal with an organization
such as the Pennsylvania Liquor
Control Board (LCB). For decades
it has ignored the interests of
consumers with regard to selection
and pricing, as well as store hours
and locations.”
“I urge members of this society
to take whatever action possible to
help me get this important
message across to members of the
General Assembly the public is
south of Delaware State College on
Rt. 13. For more information
please call the museum, (302 ) 734-
1618, Tuesday through Saturday
and ask for Ms. Paula Schwartz, or
call Crerar Bennett, organizer of
the show, (302) 4224837.
The Delaware Agricultural
Museum is dedicated to the study,
preservation, and collection of the
region’s farmlife past. The
museum is a nonprofit,
educational foundation and is not
state supported.
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fed up with Pennsylvania’s out
dated liquor and wine monopoly
and wants a change,” said
Thornburgh.
“The principal thrust of my
plan,” he said, “is to allow Penn
sylvania consumers to receive the
benefits inherent in free enterprise
which they have been unable to get
from the indifferent bureaucracy
which has operated the liquor
system in this state for over 50
years. These benefits are enjoyed
by virtually all of our sister states.
“For too long, the LCB has
ignored the legitimate complaints
of its customers. Monopolies;
especially government-operated
monopolies, are not included to be
responsive to complaints about
poor selection and service, in
convenient hours and locations,
unattractive stores, illogical
pricing policies and sales clerks
who cannot offer advice to
customers...and this monopoly is
no exception.”
Under the Thornburgh reform
plan, wine could be sold in both
liquor stores and in wine-only
stores. The latter category would
be limited to establishments which
sell groceries and those devoted
primarily to the sale of wine.
The plan also calls for the new
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private liquor-wine system to be
overseen by a new Alcoholic
Beverage Commission (ABC) with
five members to be nominated the
governor, subject to confirmation
by a majority vote of the Senate.
Enforcement and tax collection
would be independently handled by
a new Liquor Code Enforcement
Bureau in the Department of
Revenue.
Net revenues from the sale of
retail liquor and wine franchises,
estimated at $l5O million, has been
earmarked by Thornburgh for the
purchase of scientific, engineering
and other technical equipment for
public schools, colleges and
universities, providing them with
the “state of the art” capability
they will need to counter what a
national commission has called a
“rising tide of mediocrity” in the
classrooms of America.
The state Senate has thus far
declined to allow the Thornburgh
reform plan to be debated,
although an increasing number of
its members have pressed for floor
action.
The governor also outlined for
the enologists group the efforts
being made to spur development of
the Pennsylvania wine industry.
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University, both in Erie, to study
ways of improving the flavor of
Pennsylvania wines and to
determine the best sites for
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Pennsylvania wines at food and
agricultural shows by the state
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wineries as tourist attractions and
permission by the state Tran
sportation Department for
wineries to erect highway direc
tional signs under “educational
attraction” category.
Act 119 of 1981, which allows
each Pennsylvania winery to sell
its products at three offsite retail
locations. As a result of these
“satellite” stores, the wineries’
sales have increased between 30
and 50 percent.
A change in regulations
allowing Pennsylvania wineries to
ship their wines by a commercial
parcel mailing service and to allow
purchase of Pennsylvania wines
with credit cards at wineries and
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