If you still need to buy a bottle of wine to accompany your Thanksgiving feast, hurry in to a Utah liquor store as soon as possible.
Michelle Schmitt, spokesperson for the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services, said Monday that the days leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday are the busiest for state liquor stores.
“We anticipate stores to be fairly busy, from open to close, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,” she said, with Wednesday expected to be the busiest.
If you do still need to stop at a liquor store, pack your patience, and “plan to potentially wait in line,” Schmitt said. “Hopefully, that’s not the case, but it might be.”
Liquor store staff, however, are “working really hard to ensure that the shelves are stocked and to ensure that there’s always somebody at that register ready to close somebody out to make their purchases,” she said.
The most popular beverages for the holiday? Chardonnays, Schmitt said, along with red wines — in particular, pinot noirs and Beaujolais Nouveau. Anticipating the release of that fresh and fruity wine from France is a favorite Thanksgiving tradition, she said.
Liquor stores will be closed on Thanksgiving and be back open on Friday.
