Wine.com, which bills itself as the nation’s top online wine store, said Wednesday it has entered the Connecticut market by acquiring Chatham Spirits & Fine Wines.

Terms of the acquisition of the East Hampton, Conn.-based wine retailer and shipper were not disclosed.

 

San Francisco-based Wine.com noted that since wine cannot legally be shipped into Connecticut by out-of-state retailers, the move enables it to ship to its online customers in that state from its new in-state retail and warehouse location. The deal “makes Wine.com unique among its competitors who don’t have a local facility in the state,” its officials said, describing the Nutmeg State as the 17th largest state for wine consumption, according to the 2007 Adams Wine Handbook.

The acquisition also expands Wine.com’s national network of licensed retail centers, now in 10 states, the company said. Each of those centers “sources wine from in-state wholesalers and sells to in-state consumers,” thereby sidestepping regulations stopping shipments from out of state.

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