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Posted on February 8, 2018February 8, 2018

Blowin’ in the Wind

Believe it or not, Brown-Forman Corporation doesn’t spend all its time thinking up ways to make and sell booze.  It can’t.  As a publicly traded company, it has another –…

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Posted on January 1, 2018January 23, 2018

Resolutions – 2018

Today is New Year’s Day.  And that means that in my family we spend the evening meal going around the table and talking with one another about our resolutions for…

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Posted on November 19, 2017January 23, 2018

Progress?

In last week’s installment, I lamented the fact that neither the House of Representatives nor the Senate had included some version of the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act…

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Posted on October 11, 2017January 23, 2018

How’s the sweet tooth?

A few months ago, I lamented the passage by the Seattle City Council of a sweetened beverage tax.  When it was enacted, the City Council noted that several other municipalities…

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Posted on September 15, 2017March 1, 2018

In pursuit of joy.

On Tuesday evening, I was thrilled to play host to a group of Seattle-based entrepreneurs as part of the Seattle Made annual celebration of our local food and beverage community.  We…

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Posted on August 17, 2017

Let’s Talk Politics

This week, I watched in horror as a city I find quite lovely became ground zero for a display of some of humanity’s worst impulses.  Hatred, prejudice and violence were…

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Posted on August 2, 2017July 14, 2017

Three Simple Rules: A Short Course on Marketing and Advertising Your Spirits

[Originally published in the Summer 2017 issue of Artisan Spirit Magazine.] It is hard enough to make good spirits.  But if you’re going to meet with commercial success, you can’t…

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Posted on July 26, 2017

55.6302° N, 6.1874° W

[Warning: Limited Legal Content] Tonight I will finish packing for a trip to the U.K.  And while we are flying into London, and my family is quite excited about the…

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