Chairman's Selection(TM) 'March Gladness' Online Sale Yields Incredible Savings

Clearance Will Make Room for New Selections

HARRISBURG, Pa., March 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board's "March Gladness" sale of Chairman's Selection™ wines begins online at www.pawineandspirits.com today.

Chairman's Selections™ are wines from some of the world's greatest wine makers, offered at significant savings compared with nationally quoted prices, according to Patrick J. "P.J." Stapleton III, chairman of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board.

To make room for new Chairman's Selection™ wines arriving this spring, the 36 wines in the "March Gladness" sale will feature additional savings, reducing prices by as much as 70 percent from quoted prices, he said.

"Chairman's Selection™ wines always represent a great value, because our buyers use their expertise and the state's purchasing power to find us excellent wines at terrific prices," Stapleton added. "The additional savings of our 'March Gladness' sale will make these wines pretty hard to resist."

A few examples of wines included in the online-only sale:

• Columbia Crest Walter Clore Reserve 2004, $14.99, discounted from $29.99 (PLCB code 14751); originally quoted at $44.00.
• Luce Della Vite 2004, $39.99, discounted from $58.99 (PLCB code 23621); originally quoted at $80.00.
• Luna Freakout White 2007, $4.99, discounted from $10.99 (PLCB code 18065); originally quoted at $16.99.
• Dutton Goldfield Chardonnay 2006, $12.99, discounted from $24.99 (PLCB code 16539); originally quoted at $35.00.
• Buil & Gine Priorat 2006, $8.99, discounted from $16.99 (PLCB code 26200); originally quoted at $24.00.
• Vine Cliff Cabernet Sauvignon Rock Block 2006, $17.99, discounted from $29.99 (PLCB code 22632); originally quoted at $60.00.

Consumers can find the sale wines by clicking on the "March Gladness" button at www.pawineandspirits.com, said Jim Short, director of marketing for the Liquor Control Board.

"'March Gladness' wines will only be available while current supplies last," Short said. "Once these are gone, we are rolling out exciting new Chairman's Selections™ for spring and summer."

Online purchases must be picked up from a PA Wine & Spirits Store. You must be 21 or older to purchase and consume wine in Pennsylvania.

Media contact: Nick Hays or Francesca Chapman, 717-783-8864

SOURCE Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board