Hundreds of US Winery Owners ‘Considering Sale’, Say Analysts
Survey results suggest hundreds of winery owners across California, Oregon and Washington are strongly considering selling their properties, say analysts with Silicon Valley Bank. One in ten of the 646 west coast winery owners surveyed by Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)...
Nielsen Spirits: Slightly Slower May, Brown Spirits Still Strong
Spirits sales up +3.1%, two-year stack deceleration Total spirit sales in Nielsen-tracked xAOC (food, drug, mass, WMT; ex-Washington) grew +3.1% for the four weeks ended 5/24. On a two-year stack basis, sales decelerated by -390bp from April, and similar amount from...
New TTB Ruling Exempts Dozens of Brewing Ingredients
The U.S. Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has ruled that more than 30 ingredients as well as certain brewing processes - such as aging beer in barrels - are no longer subject to formula requirements. Previously, brewers using the now exempt ingredients and practices...
Maryland: County Wants to Change Liquor Laws – But Not Lose Control
Members of the Montgomery County Council say the county needs to reform its liquor control laws but a consensus of council members also say they don't want to relinquish control of supplying liquor to local business. The county currently makes more than $32...
Alcohol Consumption in America on the Rise
If we were to ask you which state you thought was the heaviest consumer of alcohol in 2012, what would you guess? A party destination, right? Florida, Louisiana, California-or what about Sin City's home state of Nevada? Nope, all wrong. The state that...
Liquor Privatization Supporters Drop 2014 Ballot Initiatives as Signature Deadline Approaches
Liquor privatization supporters have dropped initiatives to put a measure on the November 2014 ballot to privatize sales and allow big Oregon grocery chains to stock liquor on their shelves. The announcement Wednesday came after months of legal debate over the ballot...
Rabobank Report: ‘Brown Spirits’ Dominate Growth of U.S. Spirits Market
The rise of brown spirits is the dominant story in the overall U.S. spirits market, which grew 3% in the first four months of the year, Rabobank says in its newly released report on the global spirits industry. Sales of Tennessee whiskey and bourbon expanded their...
Has Craft Distilling Lost Its Spirit?
Scott and Todd Leopold began distilling in 2001, and since then demand for their craft spirits and liqueurs has been so high that they've already had to expand twice. The tidy, whitewashed new Leopold Brothers distillery in Denver has more than triple the capacity of...
Nevada: Packaged Liquor Sale Ordinances Challenged in Federal Court
A Fremont Street liquor store has filed a federal lawsuit in Las Vegas that alleges two new city ordinances are unconstitutional. Two companies that do business as Souvenir Super Mart filed the lawsuit Wednesday against the city of Las Vegas and are seeking an...