McAlpine’s Fusiliers – The Dubliners & Ronnie Drew | Festival Folk (1985) – YouTube
Earlier this week an article in Vice mentioned a confidential document obtained by Motherboard, which demonstrates that Amazon wanted to make an aggressive push into the alcohol space and change alcohol licensing laws in conjunction with a limited government […]
Time For Change (2021- Remaster) – YouTube
The debate over direct-to-consumer (DTC) shipping is heating up. The opponents of DTC shipping believe that DTC access should not expand, because it will lead to increased access for minors obtaining alcohol.
They point to findings from Massachusetts where 96% of DTC licensees investigated accepted DTC […]
As a twenty-five year reader of the Wall Street Journal I am honored to contribute to a Wall Street Journal article discussing the limited access to wine in America. Nice job Lettie Teague.
VinoShipper report finds that minors are not utilizing the internet to access alcohol
A recent study by VinoShipper found that minors are not utilizing the internet to access alcohol. VinoShipper analyzed attempted purchases on its website and discovered over a three-year period (2020-2022) that of the 633,985 attempted purchases, only 943 attempted purchases […]
Terrifying (Remastered) – YouTube
The TTB recently announced it will begin rulemaking on mandatory ingredient labeling for the alcohol industry. The TTB’s decision was influenced when a group of organizations sued the TTB because it has not acted on a 2003 petition, requesting liquor producers provide similar labeling requirements as food […]
The Doors – L.A. Woman* (Orginal) – YouTube
Aren’t the markets better equipped than the courts to handle this?
Recently, a New York based attorney filed a class action lawsuit against Sazerac Company for what it alleges is fraudulent and deceptive advertising centered around Sazerac’s Fireball Cinnamon Brand.
Sazerac makes a popular Fireball Cinnamon […]
The Police – So Lonely – YouTube
A California State Appellate Court case provides a great roadmap for how state courts could adjudicate tied-house issues in the future. In Dep’t of Alcoholic Beverage Control v. Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board,(Real Party in Interest, Bogle Vineyards), a California appeals court held that mere speculation that […]
Irish Liquor Lawyer in Wine Searcher
Happy to speak to Blake Gray of Wine Searcher, unfortunately the Supreme Court did not grant cert in this case, but Blake wrote a great article.
Life is confusing and with the information overload we experience, it gets even more confusing. When it comes to the liquor world, we are not immune to outside forces! Nothing demonstrates this more than the debate over direct-to-consumer (DTC) shipping. The debate over DTC spirits shipping is alive and well […]
Blind Melon – Change – YouTube
Happy to announce that I made a media appearance contributing to Blake Gray’s great piece on the Supreme Court cert petition challenging North Carolina’s discriminatory wine retailer shipping law.