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…
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…
Divorcing Your Distributor
As originally published in the Fall 2018 issue of Artisan Spirit. In these United States, it is now generally possible to end your marriage without having to prove that your…
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…
Knocking Down Heaven’s Door?
A few weeks back, I wrote about the new foray into the whiskey business by a certain Nobel laureate. Mr. Dylan’s new venture, Heaven’s Door, takes its name from one…
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…
From A to Z
This week, an interesting article landed in my inbox from Beverage Daily. In it, the author comments on the benefits of being a digital native brand and some of the…
A Growing Industry
As discussed previously, the relationship between the alcohol business and the nascent legal cannabis business is challenging. On the one hand, some within the alcohol industry are concerned (perhaps with…
