The company has only one store in the state of New York. Total Wine sued the state's regulators to overturn the suspensions and won on the basis that the final cost of the liquor being less than that shown on the initial invoices.
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The same year, Total Wine was served with multi-day license suspensions by the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission for selling liquor below its costs – a loss leader pricing strategy not allowed in some states. In August 2016, the company agreed to stop selling alcohol in Connecticut below the state minimum prices, and paid a $37,500 fine. Total Wine entered Florida in 2005, and then California and Arizona in 2007. The Trones acquired D.C.-area chain Total Beverage in 1998, adopting and modifying that company's moniker for their business. Liquor World grew steadily through the 1990s, expanding down the east coast.
In 1991 brothers David and Robert Trone founded Liquor World as a small, independent store in Claymont, Delaware, which was followed with a second store in Milltown, Delaware.
In 1985 they opened a store in the Pittsburgh area known as Beer and Pop Warehouse and later Beer World, though legal difficulties in Pennsylvania led them to leave the state. In 1984, Trone family members opened a store called Beer and Soda Warehouse. History A Total Wine & More outlet in Springfield, Virginia The company is headquartered in North Bethesda, Maryland. The company was named Retailer of the Year by Market Watch in 2006, Beverage Dynamics in 2008, and Wine Enthusiast Magazine in 20. Total Wine & More is a family-owned privately held American alcohol retailer founded and led by brothers David and Robert Trone.