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Denver liquor shops — big and small — blame wine in grocery stores for falling sales

Grocery and convenience stores started selling wine in Colorado on March 1 

Lisa Von Feldt, owner of The Wine Seller and Spirits Too, poses for a portrait at the liquor store in Denver on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Von Feldt said the recently-approved ballot measure that allows grocery and convenience stores to sell wine has negatively impacted her business. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Lisa Von Feldt, owner of The Wine Seller and Spirits Too, poses for a portrait at the liquor store in Denver on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Von Feldt said the recently-approved ballot measure that allows grocery and convenience stores to sell wine has negatively impacted her business. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton - Staff portraits in The Denver Post studio on October 6, 2022. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | The Denver Post
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Today, the Colorado market is no longer solely made up of family-owned liquor stores. Not only have national chains and big-box liquor stores entered the mix, but privileges once reserved for these establishments — the sale of wine and full-strength beer — are now shared with grocery and convenience stores.
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