This website and campaign have now officially launched and I wanted to provide some context. The campaign is being run by some of the most experienced campaign officials in Colorado
https://wineingrocerystores.org/125-and-126/
Here are some answers to some of the questions the association has been getting:
- Will this apply to small grocery and convenience stores: Yes- as long as you have a current Beer license.
- Will I be able to deliver alcohol using a third party: Yes - though the third party will have to be licensed and registered with the DOR.
- How is funding the initiative – The majority is being funded by national grocery chains as well as the third party delivery industry however our members including 7-11 and Maverick are also involved.
- Is there opposition – the small liquor store interests are opposing it but they don’t have the resources to mount an effective opposition campaign
PROP 125
WINE IN GROCERY STORES
- Allows Colorado to join 39 other states that already let shoppers buy a bottle of wine while shopping for dinner.
- Ensures that wine is sold safely, only to legal-age adult shoppers. Grocery stores have a substantially better safety record than liquor stores.
- Benefits Colorado’s local winemakers through broader access to grocery store shoppers and by tastings held in grocery stores.
PROP 126
RESTAURANT & LIQUOR STORE DELIVERY
- Allows Colorado to join 28 states that permit local restaurants to include a bottle of wine or adult beverage to accompany a customer’s food delivery order.
- Allows the smallest 1,300 mom-and-pop liquor stores across Colorado to compete with the 300 largest liquor stores to make deliveries to customers in their own neighborhoods.
- For restaurant and liquor store deliveries, mandates drivers be age 21 or over and recipients to show a valid ID of age 21 or over, using the same tools (driver training, electronic scan of ID) that produced zero delivery violations in Colorado the past six years from out-of-state liquor store deliveries.