03/14/2020

Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board Announces Phased Closure of Fine Wine & Good Spirits stores in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery Counties as Part of COVID-19 Mitigation
Harrisburg  Today, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board announced a phased closure in coming days of Fine Wine & Good Spirits stores and licensee service centers in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties to help slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

All 88 FW&GS stores in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties normally open on Sundays will be open regular hours tomorrow, Sunday, March 15.

On Monday, March 16, only the following locations will open at their normal opening times, and all will close at 9:00 PM:

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Effective Tuesday, March 17, all FW&GS stores and licensee service centers in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties will close and remain closed until further notice.

At this time the PLCB plans to continue to operate its e-commerce fulfillment center, and Pennsylvania residents can shop for wine and spirits at FineWineAndGoodSpirits.comOpens In A New Window, having purchases shipped directly to their homes.

Earlier this week, Fine Wine & Good Spirits indefinitely suspended all product tastings, bottle signings, educational seminars and other group events at all 598 stores across Pennsylvania and began limiting public access to its office facilities.

The PLCB also reinforced with FW&GS store employees enhanced cleaning and disinfecting procedures to ensure retail environments are as sanitary as possible.

Toward the end of the month, the PLCB will re-evaluate its operations, guided by the strategy developed by the Governor's Office and the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

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You and everybody else...  

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The checkout line tonight. Bought a lot on the 29th, but gonna be even more prepared.

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NJ is close enough...

Dear Valued Customer,

As the COVID-19 situation continues to evolve, we wanted to take a moment to update you on our efforts to adapt to meet the needs of our valued customers during this time. After discussions with the Governor’s Office and public health officials regarding protocols to protect the health and safety of our customers and employees, we have resumed limited sales from FineWineAndGoodSpirits.com.

We expect consumer interest and site traffic to exceed what we’ll be able to fulfill, at least initially, so we ask that customers be patient and understand we’re doing the best we can under extraordinary circumstances to balance consumer demand for wine and spirits with public health and virus mitigation efforts. To that end, we believe that reopening online sales in a controlled manner will allow us to provide access to consumers while also protecting our employees and consumers from unnecessary risk.

Consumer access to the site is being randomized to avoid overwhelming the site with heavy traffic. Those who are randomly selected to shop the site can purchase up to six bottles per transaction from a reduced catalog of about 1,000 top-selling wines and spirits from the website. All orders must be shipped to home or non-store addresses, and only one order per address will be fulfilled per day.

We’ll be fulfilling orders from various facilities where we’ve implemented public health best practices like facility sanitation, social distancing and limiting the numbers of employees working in any facility at a time. As order fulfillment capacity increases, we’ll consider increasing the number of orders it takes each day.

Important information to help navigate your online shopping experience:
 
•Access to FineWineAndGoodSpirits.com will be randomized to avoid overwhelming the site with high traffic, prevent order abuse and prolong access throughout the day, so that order availability isn’t exhausted in seconds or minutes each day. Visitors who don’t get in to shop one day are encouraged to try again the next day and in coming days.

•Those who are granted the opportunity to shop will be able to browse a limited catalog of about 1,000 top-selling wines and spirits.

•There’s a six-bottle limit per order, and a limit of one order per address, per day.

•All orders must be shipped to a home residence or non-store Pennsylvania address. As a reminder, an adult 21 years of age or older must be present at delivery.

•Once an order has shipped, the buyer will receive an email confirmation including UPS package tracking details.

We’re not considering reopening stores at this time, but we’ll continue to work in consultation with the Wolf Administration and public health officials to monitor the situation and provide updates as appropriate.

Again, we sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding.

For information regarding the COVID-19/coronavirus, please visit the Pennsylvania Department of Health's website.

We appreciate your understanding.

Sincerely,                                                                        

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I live about 20 minutes from Morgantown and I heard they are checking ID and not selling to people from Pennsylvania anymore.

I don't know about others parts of WV but that's apparently what's happening around there.

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Has anyone actually been able to order from the FW & GS website?? I’ve been checking it often for two days and it has been closed. Seems like a long shot to even be able to make an order from there.

There are a few distilleries in PA that will ship you their stuff, so I am reading.

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I got in this morning around 11:30 am

Ordered a bottle of Fireball and some wine for the wife. For me a bottle of Old Forester and Michters.

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According to a poster in GD, Ace Spirits will ship to PA.  The prices, with shipping, are on par or better than FWAGS.  I placed an order last Saturday and still have not received shipping notice.  The website says to expect delays.  I will try to report back if I actually get my order.

If they do actually deliver, I may never go to a state run store again.... regardless of coronapocalypse.

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I'm sure everyone has seen that the state stores are going to do abbreviated curb side orders starting tomorrow, 4-20. They say that they'll only fill so many orders, though. That'll be a cluster fuck for sure

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So what I don't understand is why were Liquor stores one of the first things the GOV shut down?

Originally Posted By williedikker72:
@Bravo_Six

Did you ever receive your order from Ace? Thinking of ordering something myself. Thanks

Originally Posted By stockshift:
Friends are saying the curbside pickup system isn't working that poorly if you can get them on the phone to call in your order.  Hopefully that is a ray of hope.

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Of course I have to add my comment that liquor stores wouldn't present any more of an issue to shop at than Walmart, Home Depot or the supermarket.

Originally Posted By OverScoped:


walmart isnt part of the liquor store union.

Originally Posted By stockshift:
Friends are saying the curbside pickup system isn't working that poorly if you can get them on the phone to call in your order.  Hopefully that is a ray of hope.