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 –…
Thoughts on Spirits and the Laws that Govern them, Triple Distilled and Lovingly Aged
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 –…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
[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…
[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…