Source: https://www.illinoispolicy.org Vincent Caruso NOVEMBER 28, 2017 Prohibition died in 1933, but alcohol-related cronyism is alive and well. “Chicago’s retail wine scene is hopping,” the Wall Street Journal trumpeted this month. As part of a series exploring Midwestern wine culture, the Windy City was extolled as the “Great Retail Wine Town.” But legislation signed into…
RNDC President & CEO Tom Cole to Deliver Keynote Address at ABL Annual Meeting Will Address Beverage Alcohol Retailers on the Future of Distribution December 20, 2017 – Bethesda, MD – American Beverage Licensees (ABL), is pleased to announce that Tom Cole, President & CEO of Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC), will deliver the keynote…
Source: VinePair Adam Teeter November 23, 2017 During the holidays many of us will journey to far-flung hometowns to share meals with our families, and drink regrettable Jack-and-Cokes with our high-school classmates at townie dives. If, like me, you hail from one of the 14 states that still permit smoking in bars (real cigarettes, not…
Source: Crain’s By CRAIN’S EDITORIAL BOARD November 23rd Say you live on the North Shore and frequent Pantheon Wine Shoppe, where you plan to buy a nice, rare Bordeaux for a valued New York client. Sorry, but unless you plan to deliver it yourself, you’re out of luck. For years, regulators have looked the other…