Daniel B Dobkin

Commerce

Recession winds up, wine winds down?

In one of the tonier LI suburbs the local wine merchant stocks many "bargain" brands of liquor as well as wines: the less expensive stock is typically displayed in open cases distributed around the floor rather than on shelves or in wine-rack displays.

For the last few months, I've noticed that the open floor space has increased significantly: could it be that they're no longer keeping as much low-margin inventory on hand?

Plandome Road, Manhasset, NY