The 6th Circuit has denied the rehearing of the decision upholding Kentucky alcohol regulation banning grocery and convenience stores from selling hard liquor.  The 6th Circuit reversed a district court decision.     The order denying rehearing can be found here.  ...

Yesterday, we published the first part of an interview with veteran consultant and Park Street ceo Harry Kohlmann, in which we discussed how small distilleries are changing the dynamic of the industry (see WSD 03-26-2014). Today, we're continue our conversation...

As you know, the US alcoholic beverage industry is complex and highly regulated. This presents a challenge to many of the growing craft distillers who started their businesses with stars in their eyes. Often times they're not equipped to handle their own back-office...

While you may think of the U.S. as a nation of beer drinkers, we're drinking increasingly more wine in this country.According to the California-based Wine Institute, in 2012 Americans drank 2.7 gallons of wine per person, which was up from around 1.5 gallons in the...

During February, nine-liter spirits case sales in the control states rose 2.2% compared to sales during the same period last year.  Rolling-twelve month volume growth of 1.0% is up from January's 0.8%. Alabama, Iowa, Montgomery County Maryland, Michigan, North...

Rapid economic development, expanding populations and rising wages will make Africa the fastest growing continent for beer, according to Rabobank.   The report Beer on the Frontier: Opportunities for Brewers in the African Continent states that because developed...

Supporters of liquor privatization are working on a compromise that would expand wine sales into grocery stores, restaurants and beer distributors but leave state liquor stores with the exclusive right to sell spirits such as whiskey, gin and vodka.   Extracting...

One of the sponsors of a bill that would loosen some of the requirements regulating the designation “Tennessee whiskey” says his aim isn’t to help spirits giant Diageo with the new legislation, but to aid small distillers who are being hampered by the current...

At least six states are taking aim at the country's byzantine patchwork of state laws governing the sale of alcohol. As any out-of-towner knows who has attempted to buy wine in a New York City convenience store only to unwittingly purchase the awful "wine product"...