Category: Cider

The Twenty-First Amendment Enforcement Act isn’t the boon for state enforcement of antiquated and Commerce Clause violating direct shipping restrictions that regulators might think it is. These Ohio alcohol shipping cases are about to show that.

Beer / Cider / Commerce Clause / Craft Beer / Delivery and Shipping / Direct Shipping / Distilled Spirits / Regulations / Statutes / Suits / Wine
July 27, 2020

An Ohio Federal Court has marked two wine shipping cases as related. One suit...

Heaven Hill Distilleries seizure of heavenhlll.com good lesson on how to protect your craft spirits, craft beer, cannabis and wine brand from typosquatting or cybersquatting

Advertising / Beer / Brewery / Brewpub / Cannabis / Cider / Craft Beer / Craft Distiller / Craft Growers / Distilled Spirits / Distillery / Opinions / Suits / Vineyard / Wine
July 2, 2020

Heaven Hill Distilleries recent win against a typosquatter holding heavenhlll.com provides a textbook example...

Aviation Gin ad subject of DISCUS code complaint and finding is a good reminder that industry advertising guidelines are sometimes at odds with inventiveness, humor, and parody… but a law or regulation would have to acknowledge those things.

Advertising / Beer / Brewery / Brewpub / Cider / Distilled Spirits / Distillery / Regulations / Wine
May 22, 2020

Codes of responsible advertising rarely make room for innovation and humor. The typical inception...

Indiana alcohol regulatory body enjoined from enforcing in-state residency requirements for packaged liquor retailer licenses. Tennessee Wine applied means some regular state arguments for statutory justification must be rejected and cannot satisfy health and safety analysis. Bonus: we’ve got the docs for you.

Beer / Brewery / Cider / Commerce Clause / Craft Beer / Distilled Spirits / Opinions / Retailers / Statutes / Suits / Wine
May 14, 2020

Upholding the rulings of Granholm and Tennessee Wine, A Federal Court in Indiana has...

breweries wineries and distilleries are having their bonding requirement eliminated in Illinois if they're under $50,000 per year in tax

TTB provides insight for tax relief and destruction of unmerchantable beer; also changes some trade practice policies for craft distillers, craft brewers, wholesalers, bars and wineries during COVID-19.

Advertising / Bars / Beer / Brewery / Brewing / Brewpub / Cider / Circulars / COVID-19 Relief / Craft Beer / Distilled Spirits / Distillery / Distilling / Distribution / Mead / Regulations / Retailers / Sales / Statutes / Tavern / Vineyard / Wholesalers / Wine / Winemaking
May 12, 2020

Through a series of FAQs regarding the processes for the destruction of beer and...

OSHA4017 - Bars and Restaurants operating during coronavirus COVID-19 - COVID-19 Guidance for Restaurants & Beverage Vendors Offering Takeout or Curbside Pickup

OSHA has COVID-19 guidelines for bars and restaurants – adding to the manufacturing and delivery ones that brewers, vintners and distillers should read.

Bars / Beer / Brewery / Brewing / Brewpub / Cider / Craft Beer / Delivery and Shipping / Distillery / Distribution / Regulations / Retailers / Sales / Wholesalers / Wine
May 11, 2020

OSHA has released guidelines for bars and restaurants serving the public through takeout or...

Illinois authorizes returns of wine and spirits for bars and restaurants. But act fast and don’t expect much – the guidance is limited in ways beer returns are not.

Cider / COVID-19 Relief / Distilled Spirits / Distillery / Distilling / Illinois Liquor Control Commission / Regulations / Retailers / Sales / Tavern / Vineyard / Wholesalers / Wine
April 30, 2020

In a new guidance (link to guidance) published today, the Illinois Liquor Control Commission...

6th Circuit rules in favor of 3-tier system blocking access to out-of-state liquor retailers in Michigan case looking to allow out-of-state retailers to deliver to in-state consumers where in-staters have that privilege.

Beer / Cider / Craft Beer / Delivery and Shipping / Direct Shipping / Distilled Spirits / Distribution / Opinions / Regulations / Retailers / Statutes / Suits / Wholesalers / Wine
April 27, 2020

In case you don’t want to read through this, the majority of the reasoning...

Business Interruption COVID 19 insurance claim

How bars, restaurants, and other hospitality businesses are arguing that their business interruption insurance does cover COVID-19 related shut-downs and their insurance companies were wrong to deny claims.

Bars / Beer / Brewery / Brewpub / Cider / COVID-19 Relief / Craft Beer / Distilled Spirits / Distillery / Tavern
April 16, 2020

In the past few weeks we’ve seen plenty of bars, restaurants and other hospitality...

Kentucky’s new law allowing breweries, distilleries and wineries to ship direct to consumers all over the U.S. should be the model for the country. But special interests that want to keep consumers paying more for alcohol and limit choice to protect their fiefdoms will try to stop people from achieving this freedom.

Beer / Brewery / Brewing / Brewpub / Cider / Craft Beer / Direct Shipping / Distilled Spirits / Distillery / Distilling / Statutes / Taxes / Vineyard / Wine
April 14, 2020

Kentucky HB 415 became law last week following passage by the Kentucky General Assembly...

Updated federal regulations for advertising and labeling wine

The new federal regulations on advertising and labeling malt beverages, wine, and distilled spirits. Part 2 – updates and issues regarding advertising and labeling regulations for wine.

Advertising / Cider / Circulars / Regulations / TTB / Vineyard / Wine / Winemaking
April 10, 2020

Yesterday we wrote about the recent updates to the new federal regulations related to...

Chicago liquor lawyer TTB postpones tax payments

Relief on alcohol tax payments – TTB announces postponement of tax payments and other filing deadlines

Beer / Brewery / Brewing / Cider / Circulars / Craft Beer / Distilled Spirits / Distillery / Distilling / Import / Export / Mead / Taxes / TTB / Vineyard / Wine / Winemaking
April 1, 2020

Yesterday, the TTB announced the postponement of tax payment and other filing due...

Category: Cider

The Twenty-First Amendment Enforcement Act isn’t the boon for state enforcement of antiquated and Commerce Clause violating direct shipping restrictions that regulators might think it is. These Ohio alcohol shipping cases are about to show that.

Heaven Hill Distilleries seizure of heavenhlll.com good lesson on how to protect your craft spirits, craft beer, cannabis and wine brand from typosquatting or cybersquatting

Aviation Gin ad subject of DISCUS code complaint and finding is a good reminder that industry advertising guidelines are sometimes at odds with inventiveness, humor, and parody… but a law or regulation would have to acknowledge those things.

TTB provides insight for tax relief and destruction of unmerchantable beer; also changes some trade practice policies for craft distillers, craft brewers, wholesalers, bars and wineries during COVID-19.

OSHA has COVID-19 guidelines for bars and restaurants – adding to the manufacturing and delivery ones that brewers, vintners and distillers should read.

Illinois authorizes returns of wine and spirits for bars and restaurants. But act fast and don’t expect much – the guidance is limited in ways beer returns are not.

6th Circuit rules in favor of 3-tier system blocking access to out-of-state liquor retailers in Michigan case looking to allow out-of-state retailers to deliver to in-state consumers where in-staters have that privilege.

How bars, restaurants, and other hospitality businesses are arguing that their business interruption insurance does cover COVID-19 related shut-downs and their insurance companies were wrong to deny claims.

The new federal regulations on advertising and labeling malt beverages, wine, and distilled spirits. Part 2 – updates and issues regarding advertising and labeling regulations for wine.

Relief on alcohol tax payments – TTB announces postponement of tax payments and other filing deadlines

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