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 […]
Frank Sinatra – That’s Life | Sinatra A Man And His Music Part II – YouTube
Blue Cloud Slotting fees and the so what
Blue Cloud’s entrance into the liquor space has caused upheaval amongst the three-tier system traditionalist. Amongst their many concerns is the issue of slotting fees.
Slotting fees are illegal in the […]
Honey Pie (Remastered 2009) – YouTube
Everyone of us with a vested interest in the liquor field wants to decrease as close as possible to zero, underage drinking. It is an important regulatory concern that every policy decision should take into account.
Recently, influenced by a rapid increase from DTC shipping due to COVID, there comes […]
Is Blue Cloud the New Uber?
Uber earned their spurs by challenging regulations throughout the country, which protected cab companies from competition. Cab companies were highly regulated and the barrier to entry to their marketplace was significantly high. In order to get into the market, someone needed to purchase a cab medallion, […]
Texas Best Road to Take for E-Commerce
The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Control (TABC) drafted a Marketing Practices Advisory (Advisory), on E-Commerce Advertising and Sales Platforms, which deals with how to regulate e-commerce in the liquor space. It recently held a stakeholders meeting, where it took feedback from the industry. As there were […]
Uniform Law Commission and its Questionable Constitutional Mandates
The Uniform Law Commission will meet in Philadelphia from July 8, to July 14, 2022 to consider adopting proposals including one named, Alcohol Direct-Shipping Compliance Act Draft (ACT), which of course deals with adopting a model law for states to consider when […]
TARHEEL STATE FAILS AND CONSUMERS ARE GUILTY
North Carolina is a state I love and as alum of their flagship state university, I can tell you there is no place better to go to school. Also, it is a state of great people and culture, the only negatives about the state are […]
Time for the FTC to reemerge on the spirits issue
Recently, I was reading the Granholm case and came across part of the decision that intrigued me. In Granholm the Supreme Court cited to an FTC Report on wine shipping. One particular part of Granholm, specifically intrigued me when the Court stated:
The increasing winery-to-wholesaler […]
The Michigan Consumer: The Ultimate Battered Dog
I write this piece to the Michigan consumer. I love your state, the people are great, the weather isn’t always the best, but I love the landscape, and you have a lot of Tim Horton’s restaurants. But I am concerned how your government is treating […]
When The Liquor World Got Better
Two years ago today, my partners Julia Momose, Ian Beacraft, and I succeeded in our movement to legalize cocktails-to-go in Illinois. Through the months of struggle and late-night zoom calls, we succeeded in breaking new ground.
When we proposed cocktails-to-go it was a radical idea that was only available […]