YORK, Pa. -- Earlier this July, Rutter’s launched its local wine offerings by bringing Allegro Winery options to area convenience stores.
The winery is based in Brogue, Pa., and its wines can now be found at six Rutter’s locations in the Allegro Winery area, including Cape Horn, North Hills and Richland Avenue. The York, Pa.-based retailer will carry Harmony and Punk Allegro wines.
“Allegro is thrilled to join with Rutter’s to bring local Pennsylvania wines to its customers,” said Carl Helrich, winemaker and owner of Allegro Winery. “The convenience of being able to pick up a bottle of local wine when folks are getting fuel or a gallon of milk is a nice option to have.”
Over the next couple months, Rutter’s will partner with additional wineries to bring local varieties to its locations. All local wines will also be offered at select wine pairing events held at Rutter’s stores. A full list of local wineries and the Rutter’s locations they are offered at is available on Rutter’s website.
“To continue to expand our fresh and local category, we thought it would be perfect to begin offering local winery’s wines at select Rutter’s locations,” said Robert Perkins, vice president of marketing for Rutter’s. “We love to provide our customers with as much convenience as we can, and what better way than to offer some of their favorite local wines at local Rutter’s locations.”
Rutter’s has 22 stores that offer beer and wine out of approximately 70 total stores. It ranked No. 96 in CSP's 2018 Top 202 list of U.S. c-stores by number of company-owned retail outlets.
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