All in the Family
This past week, I had the chance to visit two separate distilleries – each of which was outside Washington. First, I got to play “distiller in training” with the…
Cashing In
This past weekend, Bloomberg news reported that Utah-based High West Distillery has retained investment bank UBS Group to shop the company, and that Pernod Ricard is one of the likely…
Do Intoxicated Androids Dream of Autonomous Cars?
We enjoy alcohol. Well, most of us do anyway. According to 2014 statistics from the National Institutes of Health, more than 56% of Americans age 18 or older reported consuming at…
Marrying Goliath
Recently, I conducted a (highly unscientific) twitter poll in which I asked a number of distilleries a very simple question. Which is the bigger problem facing small DSPs today – lack…
Terroir and Loafing
With apologies to Sam Cooke. Don’t know much about Chardonnay Don’t know much about Cabernet Don’t know much about cuvaison Don’t know much about Sauvignon But I do know I…
The best kind of pandemic
Passion is contagious. In fact, when we are around passionate people working toward a goal, only the dourest among us will come away without having at least a little bit…
Apricot jam, with notes of innovation
This past Friday, I was thrilled to participate at a Hot Stove Society event featuring Matt Hoffman, Co-Founder and Master Distiller of Seattle’s own Westland Distillery. The event allowed for…
Balancing Risk
Paying taxes isn’t much fun. So it should come as no real surprise that smaller companies, including small hooch companies, regularly try to minimize their tax burdens. In fact, to do…
