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…
Category: TTB Regulation
What to do when the lights go out
My family and I live on an Island with a slightly temperamental electrical grid. So about one to two times per year, when the wind blows strongly from the south…
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…
Tastefully done
Once a month, my office hosts a social gathering for attorneys at our firm. This gives us a chance to meet and mingle with people practicing law in other disciplines…
Bernadette’s Lament: The Implications of Changes in Control
As originally published in Artisan Spirit – Summer 2018 Picture this. Bernadette has received a permit for her DSP and has begun production. She’s making a great product that is…
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…
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…
50ml from Global Domination?
Often, spirits brands here in the U.S. find themselves wanting to explore foreign distribution only to end up frustrated. They’re frustrated, in part, because the benefits of foreign distribution can…
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