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...
by evansfox | Jun 21, 2015
Tied house rules prevent any person from having a direct or indirect interest in both a wholesale and a retail business involving alcohol. For example, a craft beverage manufacturer cannot also own a liquor store. There are ways to work around some of the...
by evansfox | Jun 21, 2015
I was counselling a new liquor store owner about some of the rules that they needed to be aware of as they launch the new business. One of the issues that came up was record keeping. Some stores use modern POS (“point of sale”) systems that track inventory, sales and...
by evansfox | Jun 21, 2015
I was speaking with a liquor store owner about a past disciplinary matter. The licensee indicated that he had been issued a violation because he had used the word “free” in association with the sale of alcoholic beverages. I was curious about the violation because I...
by evansfox | Apr 3, 2015
A wine store may offer tastings by its personnel at its wine store by opening a bottle of a wine they are selling at the wine store and allowing customers to taste before buying. A liquor store owner may only conduct wine tastings at their licensed premises. A liquor...
by evansfox | Apr 3, 2015
A client would like to have wine made by a custom crush facility and then own the brand and sell the wine direct to customers (DTC) to cut out the middleman. This could be a farm winery that makes some wine itself and contract manufactures some wine (below the farm...
