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5 Things you may not know about NY branch offices of farm breweries, cideries, wineries and distilleries
by evansfox | Nov 8, 2015 | Brewery & Cidery, Craft Beverage Branding, Distillery, Retail Liquor License, Wineries
New York ABC law allows farm alcoholic beverage producers to have branch offices. The branch office does require an application and approval by the State Liquor Authority, but it is a much simpler application process. A licensee can do everything at the branch office...
Czech Us Out!
by evansfox | Sep 23, 2015 | General Business, Patent
I can hardly believe it has been two months since I first set foot in Prague, the month just prior to the onset of the Syrian migrant crisis in Europe. For those of you who know me, you probably already know I had the pleasure to spend two weeks this summer in one of...
Hard Cider
by evansfox | Aug 26, 2015 | General Business, Retail Liquor License
For still wines and hard cider, is ANY carbonation allowed whatsoever? An effervescent wine is a wine that contains more than 0.392 grams of carbon dioxide per 100 milliliters. Still wines can have 0.391 CO2 per 100 mL. The label MUST state the source of carbonation...
Looking to change the law for liquor stores
by evansfox | Aug 24, 2015 | General Business, Retail Liquor License
Our office has proposed some changes to the state laws regulating what liquor stores can sell. Since NY only allows a single package and wine store license per person, the ability to grow the business is severely restricted. The profit margins are slim and the system....
What corrections officers are disqualified from holding liquor licenses or being a principal in an entity holding a license in the State of New York?
by evansfox | Aug 24, 2015 | General Business, Retail Liquor License
The Alcohol Beverage Control Law statutorily disqualifies police officers with arresting powers from have a direct or indirect interest in a business having a liquor license. The question that commonly arises is how that applies to corrections officers and prison...
Time to Try Russian Grape Varietals and Blends
by evansfox | Jun 30, 2015 | General Business, Retail Liquor License
Jason Feulner’s article “East or West Home is Best” in the June Life In the Finger Lakes introduces McGregor Vineyards and its successful experiment with grape varieties typical to Ukraine, Republic of Georgia, Armenia and Romania. I never knew that the Finger Lakes’...
Finger Lakes “Agriconomy”
by evansfox | Jun 26, 2015 | General Business, Retail Liquor License
Tom Russ’ Finger Lakes Wine and the Legacy of Dr. Konstantin Frank tells a local story of the “Great American Dream.” But this is more than a business success story, it exemplifies the best of America, bringing talent and knowledge from other places of he globe to...
Case Study (and YES, it’s a true story)
by evansfox | Jun 26, 2015 | Brewery & Cidery, Craft Beverage Branding, Distillery, General Business, Restaurants & Bar, Retail Liquor License, Wineries
When it lost its lease and was forced to move to a new location, a local bar prepared and filed its own removal application with the State Liquor Authority. The answer he provided in the application did not conform to the actual practices at the bar. The bar owner...
Tasting of Spirits
by evansfox | Jun 21, 2015 | Brewery & Cidery, Craft Beverage Branding, Distillery, General Business, Restaurants & Bar, Retail Liquor License, Wineries
When offering tastings of spirits, each patron is limited to three 0.25 oz tastings in a calendar day and each of the samples cannot have anything added to it. In other words, no cocktails or mixed drinks can be used for the tasting. The spirits must be pure and...
Handwritten craft beverage labels
by evansfox | Jun 21, 2015 | Brewery & Cidery, Craft Beverage Branding, Distillery, General Business, Restaurants & Bar, Retail Liquor License, Wineries
A new craft beverage producer produced two varieties of hard cider. It wondered if the State Liquor Authority would accept a label that had preprinted information on the label for the manufacturer, alcohol content, ingredients (apples and yeast) and volume of...
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