These days pretty much anything you want to buy is just a mouse click away, that also includes wine (as well as spirits and beer). While many of us are used to picking up our alcohol at our local wine shop or corner liquor store, many Americans have started to buy wine online just as they've started to buy many of their goods online. Wine shopping online has become a major segment of wine and spirits sales in the United States and worldwide. Since the dawn of the online shopping craze wine and spirits and online liquor store retailers have emerged. Some have come and gone with the bust of the dot com bubble, but many have stuck around and have become quite popular.
Many grocery stores and chain wine and spirits stores carry a a large assortment of wines and spirits, so are so many people starting to order wine online these days? The main advantage of purchasing wine online is the larger selection many online wine and spirits shop have, because of the lower overhead and cheaper rent a warehouse can have over a retail store, many online wine shops can afford to have a larger selection of wines and spirits. Lower overhead also gives online wine shops another main advantage, price. Many online shoppers are shopping online because of the lower prices that can be had online, and many online wine shops are usually much cheaper than their brick and mortar competitors. Another big factor is taxes, if you happen to buy your wine from a wine shop out of state, you get a large tax savings, especially if you live in the highly taxed states of California and New York. So if you're looking for a new way to discover and buy new wines, try picking up a case or two online.
