Which Grocery Stores in MA Sell Wine?
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Due to arcane and wacko laws, grocery store chains in Massachusetts are only able to sell wine in *3* of their locations in the state. Even more perplexing is that voters rejected a proposal that would have allowed wine to be sold in all grocery stores in towns that allow liquor sales. Side note: Wellesley and many other towns in the state do not allow liquor sales. I've stopped shaking my head in dismay long enough to compile a list of the Grocery Stores in Massachusetts that do sell wine:
Whole Foods
- Cambridge (River Street) (map)
- Hadley (map)
- Dedham (map)
Wayland stopped selling alcohol July 14th, 2009
Further Reading: Buy Less Save More Money at Whole Foods Wayland, MA
- Framingham (map)
- Cambridge (map)
- Brookline (map)
Further reading: Is Trader Joe's a Good Place to Buy Wine?
- Waltham (map)
- Avon (map)
- Danvers (map)
- Dedham* (map)
*Wine sold at this location by a 3rd party
Note: Membership *not* needed to buy wine at wholesale clubs in MA.
Further reading: Costco Wine Alert!
- Dedham (map)
- Stoughton (map)
- Westborough (map)
- Danvers* (map)
- Stoneham* (map)
*Wine sold at these locations by a 3rd party
Note: Membership *not* needed to buy wine at wholesale clubs in MA.
Donelan's
Shaw's
- Star Market Cambridge (Mount Auburn) (map)
- Shaw's Allston (Commonwealth Ave) (map)
- Shaw's Franklin (map)
- Shaw's Dorchester (Morrissey Blvd via 3rd party) (map)
Crosby's Marketplace
Stop & Shop
Hannaford
Big Y
- Greenfield (map)
- Northampton (map)
- Shop their online e-commerce store: Table & Vine
Further reading: Cakebread Conclusion (or: How to Sell More Wine by Using Twitter)
- Pittsfield (map)
- Webster (map)
- Easthampton (map)
A side note on how difficult it is to track down these stores... I wasn't able to find this information on any of the grocery store web sites. Even when I'd call store headquarters, the customer care representatives weren't able to easily find the information, and in some cases they weren't able to find it at all. Whole Foods was the easiest- I just asked @WholeFoods on Twitter and they answered me within the hour. @Trader Joe's didn't respond on Twitter, but they did respond a few days later to an inquiry submitted through their website.
I'd very much appreciate your help expanding this list. If you could drop me an E-mail or leave a comment below I'd be grateful, and I'd add the stores to the list above.
Thanks- I hope this is useful.



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