(Harrisburg) --- The commonwealth may have something more to wine about when it comes to liquor and spirits. It may be ending its program of selling wine in grocery store vending machines. The Liquor Control Board says it’s because the contractor of the so-called "wine kiosks" is in default and owes the state almost $1 million. Joe Conti, CEO of the LCB, says if it can’t resolve its dispute within 45 days, the 22 wine kiosks will be shut down. "One of the premises of the contract is to have no cost to the agency and so we submitted our cost for the past two years and they were supposed to pay that and that is what has placed them in default, by that non-payment of that expense money due," he says. The attorney for Simple Brands LLC, based in Conshohocken says the LCB is responsible for racking up unnecessary expenses, which were then ``improperly'' billed to the company. Conti says if the problem is not resolved, the LCB would still look for "brick and mortar" locations to sell wine, such as the 23 Wal-Mart locations that were part of the still-unapproved plan for kiosk expansion.










