It’s high time that all state excise authorities considered permitting home delivery of (at least) wines. Doing this will partially decongest retail shops, give people a wider choice and extend the benefits of technology to both vendors and consumers.
Since wine sales are minuscule (about 1 per cent) compared to spirits or beer and goes to a relatively more affluent section of the society, wine could be used to test the concept —delivered in prescribed quantities within a given city/state. Orders could be placed online or on the phone; the mode of payment would, of course, be at the discretion of

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