Unintended Consequences
Entertaining customers, clients and other business contacts is (and has long been) a mainstay of commerce in the United States. Whether on the golf course or at a restaurant, the…
Moose
The plural of moose is moose. I like this. In fact, I like it so much that today I am boarding a plane slightly larger than a mid-1970s Volkswagen beetle…
Five months later, an acknowledgment
Some months back, I wrote about an appellate decision that came down against the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board, the effect of which was to invalidate the LCB’s requirement…
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…
Don’t Bottle Trouble
[Originally Published in Winter 2017 Issue of Artisan Spirit] Implications of Labor Laws in the Context of Bottling Parties and Similar Events Hardly a week goes by without an announcement…
Best in Class
This coming spring, the good folks from the American Distilling Institute will hold their 2018 Annual Convention in the exciting city of Portland, Oregon. Portland is an amazing city. Portland…
North to the Future
Alaska is a place I’ve always wanted to visit. I’ve managed to visit (or at least pass through) 48 of the 50 states – but Alaska is not among them.…
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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