by evansfox | Aug 24, 2015
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...
by evansfox | Jun 30, 2015
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’...
by evansfox | Jun 26, 2015
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...
by evansfox | Jun 26, 2015
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...
by evansfox | Jun 21, 2015
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...
by evansfox | Jun 21, 2015
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...
