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A measure with strong bipartisan statewide support is kept off the table year after year by special interests. No, it’s not ethics reform; it’s even more popular than that: It’s the right to swing by the grocery store for some asparagus and roast chicken for dinner and also grab a crisp riesling to go with them.

Will this be the year wine in supermarkets breaks through? It should be.

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Pulling New York’s alcohol laws out of the Prohibition era has been a long, long slog. It was less than a decade ago that we were still barred from sucking down a mimosa at a restaurant Sunday brunch before the clock struck noon. The past few years have loosened the corset stays, allowing........

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