Oklahoma liquor group planning court challenge to state question 792
State question 792 would change Oklahoma’s laws to allow wine and cold beer to be sold in grocery and convenience stores, starting in 2018. State question 792, approved by 65% of voters, includes several changes to Oklahoma’s liquor laws, including eliminating...
According to latest Nielsen CGA report, imported beer is setting the pace in beer; outperforming total beer in volume and dollar sales
Spirits remain the top performing mega category, however the greatest growth opportunities exist in the imported beer sub-segment. Import dollar sales outperformed total beer by 5.4% over the past 52 weeks. Advances in distribution, stocking and higher consumption are...
FDA Will Require Menus to State Calorie Information for Alcohol in 2017
In May of 2017, the FDA will begin enforcing the menu labeling requirements that were initially added to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) in 2010. The FD&C Act will affect the menus of chain restaurants and other retail food outlets by...
Remy Cointreau Set to Acquire Seattle’s Westland Distillery
Remy Cointreau announced plans to acquire the hugely successful, Seattle-based Westland Distillery. The distillery is a $4 million, 13,000 square foot facility that has created one of the best American whiskey portfolios. “Westland is already recognized as a whiskey...
Indiana Supreme Court Takes Case Involving Alcohol Wholesale Permits
The ongoing case involving the Indiana state law forbidding wholesalers to hold permits to sell beer, wine, and spirits will be taken to the state’s Supreme Court. The Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission and Spirited Sales have been battling it out in court since...
TTB to Propose New Amendments to Wine Production Regulations
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has received enough requests from wine industry members to take a look at modifying some of its regulations regarding the treatment and production of wines to expand its flexibility. Part of the amendments would...
Will Montgomery County Go Private?
One of the largest state monopolies for liquor, Montgomery County, Maryland reconsiders privatization. The controlled county currently distributes millions of cases of alcohol across thousands of on and off premise retail locations across the county. After...
Thanksgiving Eve Lifts On Premise Sales
The alcohol industry has something to give thanks for this Wednesday. Over one quarter of millennials will spend their time at an on premise retailer on “Black Wednesday," the night before Thanksgiving Day on Thursday. As friends go back to their hometowns to...
Move Over Spirits: Wine Booms in Colorado
Colorado has been known for some time as a hotspot for breweries and distilleries, until recently when state-made wine began competing for the spotlight. The state is home to nearly 150 wineries and many are easily accessible to Colorado’s metropolitan hubs. In fact,...