Various changes in liquor law

Changes to required Information on Brand Labels of Alcoholic Beverage Products Sold in New York State Part One Effective March 26, 2014, ABCL §107 it requires that brand labels contain: The brand or trade The class and type of alcoholic beverage The net contents of...

Finger Lakes to visit Brazil

Brazil is the seventh largest export market for the U.S. alcohol beverage industry.   It offers great opportunities for domestic brands to expand internationally as the global interest in U.S. whiskey products steadily grows. Demand has increased each year in the past...

Public Safety and the SLA

Bar and Club owners should take notice that the State Liquor Authority is cracking down on rowdy late night establishments. When the police are called on numerous times to a licensed establishment, or for disorderly or violent conduct nearby in the streets and parking...

Aid to Wineries with Cold-weather Damage

The polar vortex has brought record-low temperatures. This winter will be the worst for grapes since 2004. The cold snap and rapid temperature variations could result in major damage to the buds of the 2014 grape crop in New York and other states with vineyards. The...