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Calif. Craft Distillers Push to Make Direct-to-Consumer Shipping Permanent

For California craft distillers, shipping direct to consumers has become an important business tool. But that tool may end if the California legislature doesn't make it permanent by Aug. 31, when the current legislative session ends. They received temporary authority during the pandemic. But there's no

Ohio Asks High Court to Do Appellate Court's Job

Ohio Asks High Court to Do Appellate Court's Job

This isn't likely to end well. The Ohio Solicitor General decided not to ask the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to hold an en banc hearing to resolve a conflict among its own decisions. Instead, it wants the U.S. Supreme Court to do the job

High Court Rejects 2 More Retailer DtC Cases

With two cases – one from Indiana, the other from Arizona – the U.S. Supreme Court almost completed building a nationwide fortress of cases where bev/al retailers unsuccessfully sought to invalidate the three-tier system. Apparently they and their advocates just have gotten the message that "The three tier

Miss. House Okays Direct Shipment of Liquor, Sunday Sales, Imposes 15.5% Tax

The Mississippi House approved 62-47 and sent to the state Senate bills permitting the direct shipment of liquor to consumers and approved a measure allowing local authorities to permit the sale of alcohol on Sunday. The package also impose 15.5% tax on distilled spirits sold in Mississippi. Rep.

Is Supreme Court ready to scrap state laws on wine retailer shipping?

Readers of Reason, and of Wine Industry Advisor's Afternoon News Briefs, which picked up the story from Reason, may be forgiven for thinking that any day now the U.S. Supreme Court will issue a decision allowing out-of-state bev/al retailers to ship into a state

LibDib, WineDirect Join to Streamline 3-Tier Distribution

Free the Grapes! Cites Problems with Delaware's Direct Shipping Law