Nov 8, 2007
You have to admit, it has to be one of the funniest and weirdest anti-alcohol laws in the country: No Alcohol will be served or available for purchase on election day or when the polls are open. Yet leave it Utah. But wait the spawn of the Devil is on his way to rectify the situation and bring Satan back in control of Utah. State Senator Scott McCoy thinks this law should be repealed: "This whole notion of not being…
Nov 5, 2007
It was only a matter of time before someone wrote the book on Wine & Politics; on the political machinations that help determine who will make money on wine by controlling how it is made, how it it sold and how it is consumed. The only question was who would write. That would be Dr. Vino. Not scheduled to hit the shelves until spring of next year, "Wine Politics: How Governments, Environmentalists, Mobsters and Critics Influence the Wines We Drink",…
Oct 31, 2007
"It’s just a matter of time before we all end up in court"—Mike Wittenwyler, Attorney for Wisconsin Wine & Spirit Distributors What would Mike and the Wisconsin wine and spirit distributors do without me? Luckily, I’m on job and can explain in simple terms how they and the state of Wisconsin can avoid ending up in court. But first some background. In Wisconsin it was legal for Wisconsin wineries to sell and deliver wine directly to retailers. they were not…
Oct 25, 2007
We send out press releases at Wark Communications. Of late, many of them and for various clients. I don’t like press releases very much mainly because they are 1) impersonal and 2) even when the list of those folks you are sending them too is well vetted and well developed over time, it still feels like using a shotgun to blast a whole in the door when a simple knock will do. But to this feeling I have to add…
Oct 24, 2007
The number of blogs on the internet that cover the issue of direct shipping and consumers rights and shipping regulations is few and far between. There is the blog you are reading, the ShipCompliant Blog and Inertia’s REthink blog. NOW THERE IS A NEW ONE….dedicated to covering this issue particularly from the perspective of retailer-to-consumer shipping, but delving into the world of wine shipping issues on a daily basis. WINE WITHOUT BORDERS is the new blog created by the Specialty…