It was an honor to discuss with Wine Searcher, the recent Supreme Court petition challenging the Eighth Circuit’s ruling in Sarasota Wine Market, which challenges Missouri’s discriminatory wine retailer shipping laws.
Governor Cuomo and the Cocktail Calamity: The Follow-up Sequel to Cuomo Chips
Sometimes it is really hard to follow Governor Andrew Cuomo’s reasoning. Does he desire to make policy choices that hurt the hospitality industry or does it occur on accident?
We all remember back to last summer when his feelings got hurt […]
The Irish Liquor Lawyer contributes to a Vine Pair article on New York’s cocktails-to-go calamity.
The New York situation is a complete nightmare for the hospitality industry and will lead to business closures if the policy is not changed. Time for the Governor to wake up and look at reality
Illinois makes radical changes with HB2620: PART I
The Illinois legislature recently passed HB 2620 which makes some radical changes to the liquor system. These changes include changing Brew Pubs into Class 3 brewers and providing them full retail privileges and self-distribution, allowing for cooperative purchasing agreements, and writing into […]
Governor Prritzker signs a bill which would extend cocktails to go in Illinois through 12-31-2023
Cocktails-to-go passes in Illinois
Legislation extending cocktails-to-go until December 31, 2023 passed both houses and awaits the governor’s signature. The governor must sign by June 2nd as the law will sunset then.
SB 104 which would extend cocktails-to-go passes the Illinois house, it goes to the Senate for concurrence and then needs to be signed by the Governor by June 2, 2021.
Great to know from yesterday’s tv segment that the cocktails-to-go allowance kept several businesses from closing.
With a terrible year where bars and restaurants are coming out of economic hibernation, and will face a difficult economic recovery, it is more imperative that a cocktails-to-go extension bill get signed into law by June 2, 2021.
Without this […]
I am scheduled to be at Channel 5 news at 4:30 and 6:00 discussing cocktails-to-go and how we need to extend the law to allow cocktails-to-go in Illinois.
Tune in and more importantly contact your legislators and tell them to support cocktails-to-go. If the extension is not signed into law by June 2nd. Bars and restaurants […]
I was once a radical and then the world changed
During March 2020, I got a call from Julia Momose, one of the preeminent mixologists in America and the owner of Kumiko, a place famous for world renowned cocktails. Like many restaurants she was hit out of the blue by COVID. She wanted to […]