Amazon Pulls Cork on Wine Delivery
Amazon.com (AMZN) has ended a trial program to sell wine online, the company confirmed.
The wine sales pilot, which the e-commerce giant launched last year, was intended to sell wine from California’s Napa Valley and other U.S. regions.
An Amazon spokesman declined to give details about why the company ended the program.
The end of the program may have been related to financial troubles at partner New Vine Logistics, which had been tapped to handle shipments for Amazon. Over the summer, that company suspended operations amid financial problems, but then later got new investment from Inertia Beverage Group.
