In Norway there is a state-owned monopoly on selling wine and liquor (anything above 4.75% ABV). They have 350+ physical shops, a large online shop and around $2bn annual revenue. This makes them one of the largest purchasers of wine and spirits in Europe, and they can get some very good deals.

So even though you have high taxes and a restrictive alcohol policy, the end result is shops that have high customer satisfaction because they have very competent staff, excellent selection and a surprisingly good price for quality products.

The downsides are the limited opening hours and the absence of cheap low-quality wine - the tax disproportionally impacts the low quality stuff, almost nobody will buy shitty wine at $7 per bottle when the decent stuff costs $10, so the shitty wine just doesn't get imported. But for most of the population these are minor drawbacks.