Lifestyle | wine In Vino, Cash: Amazon to Sell Wine Firms has partnered with nonprofit association of vintners By Nick McMaster Posted Sep 11, 2008 12:07 PM CDT Copied Francis Ford Coppola, right, chats with his son Roman Coppola, at Food & Wine magazine's 2007 American Wine Awards, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007 in San Francisco. (AP Photo) Online shopping got a little more intoxicating today as Amazon announced it will start selling wine in the US starting in October, Reuters reports. The retailer —looking for a chunk of the $30 billion-plus US wine market —has partnered with Napa Valley Vintners, which will supply vino from the 315 wineries it represents. Only 7% of wine sales are currently made online. Amazon “puts some big muscle behind direct-to-consumer so consumers of wine should benefit," said the group's communications director. "The step forward with Amazon being a wine retailer is just more testament to the fact that Americans are really becoming a wine drinking economy," Read These Next Rubio says the fate of Iran's conversion facility is what matters. Her blood isn't compatible with anyone else's. Some of the most explosive Diddy allegations are dropped. Sienna proves herself to be a very, very good dog. Report an error