Archive for the ‘Wine Legal Battles’ Category
One would have to admit to experiencing a spell of brute naïveté to imagine, even for brief moment, that the business and politics of wine might be organized around something other than a powerful, moneyed, manipulative class of interests. Reason, reality and history blunt that idea. So, let’s not think it. Instead, let’s imagine a business and politics of wine organized around a different powerful, moneyed, manipulative class of interests than currently dominates the wine marketplace. Let’s imagine the consumer,…
The New York State Liquor Authority (NYSLA) has exceeded its authority in asking a New Jersey wine store, The Wine Library, to stop selling wine to residents of New York so as to do the bidding of local alcohol interests. On August 12, the New York State Liquor authority sent a letter to Wine Library that stated the following: The New York State Liquor Authority is in receipt of information that you are selling and shipping alcoholic beverages into New…
I don’t know if it would come as a surprise to readers of FERMENTATION, but it most certainly would come as a surprise to state Alcohol Beverage Commissions as well as state law enforcement agencies to learn that it’s actually America’s middlemen wholesalers that are “the state police force when it comes to making sure a licensee (wine store) is not selling to kids for example or that a bar is not just pouring a drink down someone’s throat till…
In the “YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP” department: “The Center for Alcohol Policy is now accepting nominations for a new Leadership in Alcohol Regulation Award…The inaugural award is designed to recognize the work of alcohol regulators who oversee the alcohol industry and promote public safety” Nice. Who doesn’t like awards. But in this case, it’s important to note who is giving the award. From The Center for Alcohol Policy’s website: “The Center for Alcohol Policy was founded by the…
“The Hill” reports that the recent recommendation by the National Transportation Safety Board that the Blood Alcohol Content limit for DUIs be lowered to .05 from .08 “appears headed down a dead-end road. States show little interest in revisiting the hot-button issue, industry groups are lining up against the plan and even the most ardent foes of intoxicated drivers– including Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) – have declined to endorse it.” I think…
