H.R. 5034 would “take the federal judge out of making alcohol laws...the only people who should be concerned about this legislation are the people who had planned to go to federal court and sue." Paul Pisano,Vice President, Industry Affairs and...
"The law [H.R. 5034] will reinforce a 2005 Supreme Court decision, which said states can’t discriminate between in-state and out-of-state wineries in matters of direct to consumer shipping." Paul Pisano,Vice President, Industry Affairs and Counsel at National Beer Wholesalers Association...
Are we really to believe the wholesalers when they tell us that they want to protect wine shipping rights for wineries and consumers? After they've have spent 20 years doing everything they can to stop consumers and wineries from using...
More ingenious, tech savvy wine lovers providing their take on the meaning of the alcohol wholesalers' moves to turn back the clock and put wine in the shadows. In this installment of "STOP HR 5034" the good folks at Gramercy...
As the three tier system's traditional structures failed to address a growing consumer demand for fine and artisan wines, one of the most important points wineries and retailers regularly made is that they would willingly accept significantly increased levels of...
Recently in Washington State at TASTE Washington I gave a talk on ""THE TEN THINGS EVERY SMALL WINERY MUST KNOW TO MARKET IN TODAY'S WINE MARKETING UNIVERSE." That talk was summarized in an earlier blog post here at FERMENTATION. This...
Do you have a blog? Do you have a web site? Do you have any digital venue where this video, produced by Vintuba TV, can be linked to? Are you a wine lover too? And do you despair the consequences...
The alcohol wholesalers recent success in getting H.R. 5034 introduced in the House of Representatives is a straightforward effort to turn back the clock on a well-regulated, problem-free direct shipment of wine and to completely exclude all wine shipments across...
H.R. 5034, a bill that will severely restrict your ability to access or ship fine wine, has been introduced into into the House of Representatives in Washington, DC. It must be opposed by those who enjoy fine wine, those who...
House Resolution 5034 is by far the most audacious attempt ever by America's beer, wine and spirit wholesalers to takeover complete and total control of the country's alcohol beverage market and, in the process, create circumstances in all fifty states...
I've been accused of being a "Distrib utor Basher". My retort to that accusation is that while I have bashed distributors, it's not a chronic condition with me any more than bashing White Zinfandel is a chronic problem. I have...
Recently in Washington State at TASTE Washington I gave a talk on ""THE TEN THINGS EVERY SMALL WINERY MUST KNOW TO MARKET IN TODAY'S WINE MARKETING UNIVERSE." That talk was summarized in an earlier blog post here at FERMENTATION. This...
Late last month I appeared at a seminar at TASTE Washington in which I outlined for those in attendance, "THE TEN THINGS EVERY SMALL WINERY MUST KNOW TO MARKET IN TODAY'S WINE MARKETING UNIVERSE." This talk led to a blog...
M. Shanken's IMPACT Magazine reports today that the six distributors of wine & spirits in the United States control more than 50% of all sales of wine and spirits in this country. By this time next year you can almost...
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