Highlights
The legislative season is heating up in Illinois and proposed legislation could drastically impact the liquor regulatory scheme.
Below I provide a summary of the most crucial bills, but before I dive in, I wanted to provide highlights.
A proposed bill would create a third-party retail delivery license and effectively create a 4th […]
The Oregon wine industry for the past couple of years has faced attacks from proposed excessive tax increases to a public relations campaign aimed at damaging its brand.
What puzzles me more is while wine has been attacked, Oregon’s most glaring problem has been allowed to fester to the point of becoming an open wound.
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It was great being part of Esther Mobley’s fantastic piece discussing Provi’s lawsuit against Southern Wine and Spirits and how the Robinson-Patman Act could impact the liquor market.
We all await the suspense and whether the claim will survive the motion to dismiss. Here is a quote from me in the article.
O’Leary echoed her sentiment. […]
The morose of a down year has bled into Dry January, and alcohol’s brand has suffered some setbacks recently and some of the anti-alcohol campaigns are hard to understand. Especially in light of the fact that cannabis seems to escape these attacks.
The Dry January Movement which is detrimental to the alcohol industry is based on […]
There must be a New York shipping bill floating around the horizon, because there are letters coming out against direct-to-consumer (DTC) shipping in full force. Robert’s Kent, who was General Counsel of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy under Joe Biden, wrote a piece about the dangers of DTC manufacturing shipping. What […]
Wine has a target on its back
Wine is usually associated with a positive image from the Greek god of wine, Dionysus, to Jesus turning water into wine at the Wedding at Cana, wine has been associated with good vibes.
When drank in moderation, it was not considered bad for your health.
But this […]
WSWA put out another report that will no doubt be used as propaganda to stop and in some cases reverse direct-to-consumer (DTC) shipping for manufacturers and retailers.
WSWA conducted its own poll in partnership with Morning Consult, which shows that 25% of adults they surveyed, who purchased alcohol from an online vendor or manufacturer were […]
An early Happy New Year to my readers! 2023 has been a crazy year, but with the craziness has come great successes. Irish Liquor Lawyer in 2023 was read in every continent except Antarctica and was read in well over a 100 countries.
I was cited in the media this year by the Wall Street Journal, […]
In 1973 Irishman and Manchester United great George Best experienced a great fall from grace. At one point he was the best in the world, years later his career was on a downturn. As a waiter was delivering champagne to Mr. Best in his hotel bedroom, he couldn’t help but to say to Mr. Best, […]
What a great way to finish off the year. Great to be part of Wine Spectator’s fantastic piece on the new lawsuit challenging California’s law that allows its wineries to sell directly to retailers, but denies this same privilege to out-of-state wineries. The piece includes two direct quotes from me.
“From a legal perspective, these […]