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Just the other day we were drinking some White Zin mixed with Sprite* and we thought to ourselves, How could we class up this scenario just a little bit? Now we know the answer to that question: We should have bought the wine from a vending machine!The wine vending machines are being used in Pennsylvania, a state with super-strict liquor laws that only make sense if you live there. (For example, "Of course this bar's giving away free hot dogs, it's Sunday! Duh.")
Thanks to the machines, people can now buy bottles of wine at the grocery store for the first time, because machines are more trustworthy than any human could ever be, a notion believed by many people who've never seen any of the "Terminator" movies.
The machines work thus: A consumer has to swipe their state ID and a credit or debit card, then blow into a breathalyzer vent that hundreds of other people have used, which seems slightly gross to us for some reason. If they're old enough (check), sober enough (we could totally drive a car right now), and have enough money (can we get back to you on this one?), the door to the cooler containing the wine they want will open, and they will be rewarded with delicious
OK, so the selection in the video we saw wasn't that outstanding, but, you guys, it's wine in a grocery store. You know, for when you can't find a liquor store or you like blowing into vents in public. Come on!
*never actually do this.
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Sunday 15 August
By Kate
Yes, it's bizarre. Quick clarification though- apparently you don't need to *touch* the breathalyzer, just blow.
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Sunday 15 August
By Jenna
Wow, this makes me so glad my parents moved us out of Pennsylvania when I was 5 and that I now live in Missouri where I can get a beer almost anywhere! You can buy a beer at a movie theaters here and I would be shocked to go to a restaurant and not even have the option to have a glass of wine. What a crazy law!
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Friday 20 August
By Melissa
Could you not just use someone else's ID/cards that were older than you if you were underage? Seems like it would need some monitoring.
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Wednesday 18 August
By Athanar
I work in a PA Wegmans (the Harrisburg store) and we were one of the few stores that got this... (It's a trial period, it'll be implemented widely if it works out well, and it is so far.)
It actually has around 50 or 60 varieties or something like that. And yes, it's crazy. The laws behind wine are stricter than the laws behind beer. (We had to fence off the café and can only take alcohol and non-grocery purchases in there now just to get beer, and it took about 2 years since the time the store opened...)
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