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The individual states all have different laws - left over from Prohibition attitudes. The states felt that if people could buy liquor, that they should legislate how. Pennsylvania has a State Store system where you have to buy alcoholic beverages in the stores run by the state. There are no private liquor stores. The hotels deal with the state by becoming licenseed to purchase and sell said beverages.
They do have some State Stores here that are Wine Specialty stores - that is they have a Wine Consultant on the staff who will actually help you with your wine selection, and they have a larger number of wines in their inventory. I will have to look for their Chilean collection next time I am in the store. I am there often. I love good wine.
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