Canada Changes 12 Liquor Policies
B.C. PREMIER CHRISTY Clark has announced her government's support for 12 liquor policy changes. Those reforms were recommended by B.C. Liberal MLA John Yap, who led the government's recent liquor policy review. None of the supported proposals relate to the selling of...
Competition for Connecticut: Sales Tax on Wine & Liquor
Rhode Island has joined Massachusetts in removing the sales tax on wine and liquor; that means even more competition for Connecticut consumers. Just as the holiday party season starts, Rhode Island has eliminated the sales tax on retail wine and spirits. Lawmakers in...
The Convergence Consumer: Wine vs. Beer
ST. HELENA — Marketers of wine should be prepared for the full arrival of “Millennial” generation consumers at drinking age in the next two years, surging adoption of Internet retail sales and increasing understanding of “core” consumers as imbibers of fine beer and...
The Legacy of Prohibition on Wine 80 Years Later
There have been many books and films made about Prohibition, the era of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that banned the production of alcoholic drinks for commercial sale and transportation from 1920 until 1933. A new film focuses on how the wine industry...
NY Sen. Schumer pushes tax cut for small breweries
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Sen. Charles Schumer says cutting the excise tax on small breweries will help them grow their businesses, hire new employees and revitalize communities. Schumer is slated to be in Watkins Glen Monday afternoon to visit Rooster Fish Brewing and...
Utah audit details multiple ‘weaknesses’ in liquor system
Auditors have identified at least two dozen problems with the way the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (DABC) operates Utah’s liquor warehouse and retail store system. Those "weaknesses" put the multimillion-dollar system at risk of internal and external...
Retailers in Rhode Island await impact of liquor sales tax break
Just in time for holiday parties, Rhode Islanders are getting a rare tax break: that 7 percent sales tax on liquor and wine goes away on Dec. 1. Sorry, beer drinkers, there's no change on the cost of your drink of choice. The repeal, championed by state Rep. Jan P....
Iowa’s state liquor agency reports record-busting year for sales, profits
owans who enjoy a cocktail have been doing their part to help fund state government. The Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division, which is the state’s liquor wholesaler, said Monday it had a record-breaking year in sales and profits for the state fiscal year that ended June...
Taste California Act will allow distillers to sell samples, ending a Prohibition-era ban
California distillers raised a glass this week in celebration of what they called a partial legislative victory. For the first time since Prohibition, it will be legal in the state for most spirit makers to charge a fee for samples. Until the Taste California Act was...