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State Senate OKs wine shipments to homes

HARRISBURG — A bill to allow Pennsylvanians to have domestic wines shipped to their homes cleared the state Senate today, but it faces hurdles in the House.

Senators approved the bill 48-to-0.

It would allow Pennsylvanians to buy as many as 24 bottles of wine per month from U.S. wineries. They would have to verify their age and sign for the shipment.

Currently, Pennsylvanians can order wines from state liquor stores but typically must pick up the shipment there.

The bill now goes to the House, where a spokesman for the Republican majority says it will be tied to a bill to privatize liquor and wine sales that’s been bottled up for months.

Steve Miskin says that legislation isn’t expected to surface before lawmakers break next week for a spring recess.

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