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,...
Proposed Bill Gives Distilleries Tax Reductions for the First Time since the Civil War
The Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act will provide US alcohol producers with beneficial tax reform if passed. The bill addresses beer, wine, and spirits, but it would have the biggest effect on distilleries due to the fact that tax regulations on...
Pennsylvania’s Recent Legal Development and Next Steps
Since introducing several changes to its alcohol framework over the summer, the state of Pennsylvania could be on a path towards privatization. In the state, distributors now have the ability to sell six-packs, businesses have expanded liquor license options, and...
Knoxville’s Oldest Alcohol Distributor to Help Create Tennessee’s First Statewide Distribution Network
B & T Distributing Company, Knoxville, Tennessee’s oldest liquor distributor, was recently acquired by Kahn Ventures. They joined Horizon Wine & Spirits and Delta Wholesale to create Tennessee’s first statewide distributor network. The company will change its...