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 Minneapolis shooter had a plan—and grievances. The Air Force has changed its tune on Ashli Babbitt. Open that wallet big time for a trip to Disney, if you can afford it. American Taylor Townsend gets an earful after her US Open win. Report an error