August in DC: Zzzzzzzzz August is a month when nothing happens in Washington, which can be both good and bad from a policy perspective—good in that no new bad ideas will be introduced, bad in that good measures are stalled until September. That’s also the month when the government runs out of money (9/30), and … Read more
Nevada is a great example of how a tiny producer of wine still reaps an enormous economic benefit because of robust consumption, and all the activities and jobs that support it. Nevada has only a handful of wineries, largely because the liquor wholesalers have persuaded lawmakers to greatly restrict the operations and economic viability of … Read more
DtC Compliance: Tips from the Pros On Wednesday, WineAmerica hosted a well-attended Zoom listening session on compliance in the all-important area of direct-to-consumer (DtC) wine shipping, a hard-fought privilege for the wine industry. I opened with a brief history of how the wine industry successfully fought for this privilege, followed by Executive Vice President and … Read more
Many years ago, I judged at Bill Moffett’s Grand Harvest Awards in Sonoma, a unique competition essentially based on “terroir”, and open to any wines in the country. When we finally got to the Sweepstakes round, it was a contest among the best sparkling, white, rose, red, and dessert wines for overall “Best of Show”. … Read more
DtC Compliance: Last Call! WineAmerica’s Zoom listening session on Direct-to-Consumer shipping compliance takes place next Wednesday, July 19 at 3 pm for WineAmerica members, who may register here. Non Members may join here and learn from it as well. FAS Visits FLX This week we were pleased to welcome some 25 representatives of USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service to Fox … Read more