Happy Birthday Granholm
May 16th is the 20th anniversary of Granholm, twenty years later I look at how Granholm has impacted the marketplace.
Granholm’s legacy
The Supreme Court victory in Granholm was one of the greatest things to happen to the wine industry. The growth in wineries has been massive […]
Don’t piss off the wine critic
Who would think the wine critic in the Indy Star would change history! When the wine critic at the Indy Star could not get the wine he wanted to do his job, he reached out an attorney friend named Bob Epstein. Bob later coupled with Alex […]
El Nacimiento Tequila earned medals at the world’s most prestigious spirits competition, The San Francisco World Spirits Competition.
Earning Silver were El Nacimiento Anejo and Blanco and earning Bronze was El Nacimiento Reposado.
This is the first spirits competition that our portfolio was entered into since I took an ownership interest in the brand. Next time hoping […]
Rarely do I post on non-liquor issues, but today is special as the Good Lord allowed me to live long enough to see a White Sox fan and a fellow south side born Chicagoan to become Pope!
It brings me back to Catholic Grammar School to the first Pope I had an affinity to Pope John […]
The Legislative rollbacks
Victory in Granholm led to a massive growth in interstate winery shipping. Before Granholm DTC wine shipping was available in 27 states, when winery shipping becomes legal in Mississippi that number will stand at 48 states.[1]
Granholm became the dominant force in the expansion of winery direct shipping […]
Summary
The Illinois legislature adjourns on May 31st, so the next couple of weeks will determine what fails and what becomes law. Before the session heats up, I wanted to provide a synopsis of the major liquor bills.
Before I get into individual bills, I wanted to provide an introduction to what I am seeing. […]
Introduction
Granholm v. Heald, the U.S. Supreme Court case which struck down state laws which allowed in-state wineries to ship to in-state residents but denied this same privilege to out-of-state wineries, is 20 years old on May 16th. Granholm resulted in the legalization of interstate winery shipping.
I will be writing a series […]
Breaking news here first! RNDC settles with Provi. Provi takes on the industry giants and wins. Here is the docket entry
More to follow!
In the liquor world the lack of parity between the tiers is obvious to someone with firsthand knowledge of the industry. It is very difficult to challenge the power of the middle tier. From time to time a major supplier like Sazerac will yield its power over the wholesale tier but this is the exception […]