Archive for the ‘Shipping Wine’ Category
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 that assure consumers only have access to the slim number of wines to which wholesalers decide consumers ought to have access. But perhaps most sinister is the fact that if H.R. 5034 passes, it will put out of business an…
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 be sure that it will be five, maybe even just four, distributors that control that much of the wine and spirits sales in the United States. Southern Wine &I Spirits controls 20% of the entire distribution market for wine &…
The Sarah Palin Keynote Address at the Wine & Spirit Wholesalers of America Convention in Las Vegas earlier this week was highly anticipated. Many in the wine and spirits industry wanted to hear what the former Alaskan Governor and Republican Vice Presidential Candidate had to say on the issues facing the American beverage alcohol industry. How does she view the issue of minors access to alcohol? Would she take the wholesaler's view that direct shipment of wine to consumers was…
An Open Letter To the Wine Trade If you think American alcohol distributors and wholesalers are your friends then you are begging for disappointment. All you have to do to understand the nefarious intent of wine and spirit distributors is take a look at their most recent statement by one of their most important leaders. According to reports coming out of the recently ended Wine & Spirit Wholesales Association Annual Convention in Las Vegas, Craig Wolf, the Association's CEO, declared…
There are treats to be had by working in the wine industry and I'm not talking the food and wine that does indeed flow so copiously. Rather, I'm talking about the opportunities I'm fortunate enough to have to share ideas with colleagues and learn from the best. I had such an opportunity last week when I spent time in Seattle at TASTE Washington. I was invited to sit on a couple seminar panels at the annual celebration of Washington wines….
