Your most likely lawsuit?
As originally published in Artisan Spirit – fall 2019. The internet is an amazing thing — especially when you pair it with a paid subscription service. And I’m not talking…
Category: Compliance
Grains of Discomfort
A few days ago, the good folks at Winn-Dixie found themselves – along with their vendor Bacardi – named in a purported class action suit in the Circuit Court of…
Ten Quick Things (most) Spirits Entrepreneurs Can Do to Get Better Sleep
As published in the Spring 2019 issue of Artisan Spirit magazine. Talk to a Tax Advisor Talking about taxes may very well be one of things that puts you to…
Privacy & Data Security – Best Practices
As published in the Winter 2018 issue of Artisan Spirit. Making spirits is an ancient craft. But today’s distillers live in the age of information, giving them opportunities to connect…
Prophetic?
A couple of months ago, I wrote a piece for Artisan Spirit titled Bernadette’s Lament. In it, the protagonist misses the boat on alerting regulators to a change in the ownership…
Don’t spill your drink!
This past week saw many bourbon drinkers shaking their heads in disbelief, distraught at the news that up to 9,000 barrels of whiskey had tumbled to the ground when part…
Which one of the lakes is the middle?
I’ve never visited, but I’m told that the New York Finger Lakes region is lovely. But with apparently twelve lakes (eleven glacial lakes plus Lake Ontario), there isn’t exactly a middle…
From TTB with Love
This week I had the pleasure to travel to one of my favorite cities in the U.S., eat some deep dish pizza and attend a baseball game. But of course…
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