Liquor Industry Insights

I previously wrote a post on how Miller has no home run hitter in its craft beer space. I contrasted Miller with Budweiser that has Goose Island, Heineken that has Lagunitas, and Constellation that has Ballast Point. https://irishliquorlawyer.com/millercoors-craft-portfolio-will-its-field-of-dreams-come-true-or-will-it-need-to-find-a-home-run-from-somehwere-else/

Like baseball free agency, sometimes a big spend turns into a flop. In 2015 Constellation paid $1 […]

The Wayfair decision recently changed whether a state could impose sales tax on an out-of-state company that has no physical presence in the state. Many wineries and wine retailers (those that are eligible to ship legally into a state) may need to change their behavior. Depending on whether they meet certain sales thresholds or enter […]

For years state regulations and statutes have been under constant and sometimes successful attacks from Commerce Clause challenges. Now another line of constitutional attacks is coming on the horizon and could weaken state regulatory authority.

Recently, plaintiffs have become more embolden to utilize 1^st Amendment attacks on a state’s legal authority to regulate liquor matters.

Disclaimer: The video is not presenting this as a battle of good v. evil or one side over another. I thought it was a witty display of Tanford and Epstein. Also, this post does not seek to bias the reader to one side over another.  I am providing an observation based on what I have […]