Enter your number to get our free mobile app The Hartford Courant reports that a public hearing on a comprehensive liquor bill is in the works, including the sale of wine in grocery stores, beer in big-box stores like Walmart and Target, and allowing restaurants to sell wine as part of a takeout order. Stephen Downes runs Connecticut Beverage Mart on the Berlin Turnpike in Newington and is the Connecticut Package Stores Association President. He told the Hartford Courant, "People are trying to destroy our business." Other package owners agree with Downes and concur that everything should stay as it is.