MUP breaches trade laws, EU court rules
"The Court of Justice considers that the effect of the Scottish legislation is significantly to restrict the market, and this might be avoided by the introduction of a tax measure designed to increase the price of alcohol instead of a measure imposing a minimum...
Control State Results for November
Spirits- During the month of November, spirit sales increased more than it had in the months prior. Sales of nine-liter cases of spirits in the control states grew 2.8%, a tenfold increase in growth rate. Rolling-twelve month volumes grew at 3.2%. When...
Gallo Buys The Ranch Winery in Napa
"This purchase supports the company's continued growth in the super premium and luxury wine segment," explains Roger Nabedian, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Gallo's Premium Wine Division In a year of increased mergers and acquisitions, Gallo’s...
Stauning Whisky receives £10m investment from Distill Ventures
The team are thrilled that we can keep doing what we do best - innovating in whisky production, and introducing more and more people to what we do," says Starward founder David Vitale Distill Ventures, the London based subsidiary of Diageo is investing £10m into...
Contentions over Single Source Retail Program
"WSWA has serious concerns that the Single Source Program may result in violations of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act by wholesalers who may participate in that program," states WSWA President & CEO Wolf The new Single Source Program at Kroger has WSWA...
Craft: Still Going Strong but Growing too fast?
"We remain excited about the future of craft beer and supporting brewers of all sizes in the short and long term," Mr. Fischer said. Mr. Metzger, who founded Freetail Brewing Company as a brew pub, spent thousand on new equipment so that he could start canning...
Paris Climate Conference Results: Wine Regions take the lead
After an international meeting for COP21 in Paris and a landmark agreement, wine regions are taking implementation seriously. Places like Napa Valley and Champagne are experimenting with varying environmental, political, and regulatory atmospheres to address climate...
Court upholds Indiana’s Cold Beer Law
"Indiana like many other states have public policy goals to limit and control the distribution of alcohol. To accomplish this goal, many states have reasonable restrictions on the sale of alcohol and Indiana is no different”, Indiana Association of Beverage Retailers...
Delaware & NAWR: Big changes for the Delaware Direct Shipping Bill
“…the state's consumers end up with a half measure that deprives them of thousands of wines, discriminates against an entire category of wines, promotes a black market in those wines not allowed into the state and is likely unconstitutional”, explains Representative...