Where Is Alcohol E-Commerce Going and Where Has It Been?
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by Tom Wark
2y ago
Rabobank’s latest report on Alcohol e-commerce shows that such transactions reached $6 Billion in 2021, a 131% increase in just two years. Now, this $6 billion figure includes e-com sales of wine, beer, spirits and everything else. But the question that goes unanswered is to what degree do e-com sales of alcohol help increase the total sales of alcohol? In the press release announcing the new Rabobank report (2022 Alcohol E-commerce Playbook) the report’s author, Bourcard Nesin, answers this important... The post Where Is Alcohol E-Commerce Going and Where Has It Been? appeared first on Fermen ..read more
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The Worst Things In Wine in 2021
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by Tom Wark
2y ago
I look back at 2021 and see a year of progress in the wine industry. Granted, this isn’t a difficult position to take if we are comparing this year to 2020. Still, 2021 looks like a year of recovery, and there were positive moves in the regulatory and legal spheres. That said, I wouldn’t want to be accused of being a pollyanna. There are things going on in wine in 2021 that were not so great. These are the worst... The post The Worst Things In Wine in 2021 appeared first on Fermentation ..read more
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Wine and Spirit Wholesalers: Profiles In Whining
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by Tom Wark
2y ago
Imagine being such a whiner that you felt it necessary to issue a press release to say just how much you didn’t like an article that didn’t include your unsubstantiated propaganda. Meet the Wine & Spirit Wholesalers of America, the greatest source of tears and whining in the alcohol biz. The WSWA’s recent press release condemning a Daily Beast article by Susannah Skiver Barton takes issue with the fact that the WSWA’s position on interstate shipment of spirits was “misrepresented”.... The post Wine and Spirit Wholesalers: Profiles In Whining appeared first on Fermentation ..read more
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Let’s Discuss Lowering the Legal Drinking Age
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by Tom Wark
2y ago
It has been years since any state seriously considered raising the age at which it is legal to drink. But it’s notable that for decades that age was not near what the mark is today in all states. Most would consider it folly to make an attempt to lower the legal drinking age. And I understand that. But I’m not one of those who think it is a bad idea. And now it appears that there are others who also... The post Let’s Discuss Lowering the Legal Drinking Age appeared first on Fermentation ..read more
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Retailer Wine Shipping Has NO RELATIONSHIP TO the Three-Tier System
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by Tom Wark
2y ago
Tomorrow the United States Supreme Court is scheduled to meet in conference and consider a petition that the Court hear a retailer wine shipping case out of Missouri and the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. The case is a familiar one. Missouri allows its own wine retailers to ship to Missouri residents but bans out-of-state retailers from doing the same. While not impossible, it is unlikely the Court will take the case. Yet because the implications of the Court agreeing... The post Retailer Wine Shipping Has NO RELATIONSHIP TO the Three-Tier System appeared first on Fermentation ..read more
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Alabama Wine Regulators Were Taken Over By Special Interests
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by Tom Wark
2y ago
Not long ago I wrote about the corrupt circumstances of “Regulatory Capture”. In that article, Regulatory Capture was described this way: “Regulatory capture is an economic theory that says regulatory agencies may come to be dominated by the industries or interests they are charged with regulating. The result is that an agency, charged with acting in the public interest, instead acts in ways that benefit incumbent firms in the industry it is supposed to be regulating.” It’s never difficult to... The post Alabama Wine Regulators Were Taken Over By Special Interests appeared first on Fermentatio ..read more
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Corruption and Regulatory Capture in the Alcohol Industry
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by Tom Wark
2y ago
REGULATORY CAPTURE Anyone working long enough in the alcohol arena will recognize the system this phrase describes, even if they are unfamiliar with the phrase itself “Regulatory capture is an economic theory that says regulatory agencies may come to be dominated by the industries or interests they are charged with regulating. The result is that an agency, charged with acting in the public interest, instead acts in ways that benefit incumbent firms in the industry it is supposed to be... The post Corruption and Regulatory Capture in the Alcohol Industry appeared first on Fermentation ..read more
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Dear Wine Industry…Signed, Anonymous
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by Tom Wark
2y ago
What would you tell the federal government about competition in the alcohol industry if you could keep your comments anonymous? This is the question that struck me as I began to look over the nearly 190 comments that have been provided to the TTB in response to the Biden Administration’s announcement it was looking into the subject of “Promoting Competition in the Beer, Wine and Spirits Market.” It began taking public comments in late July. The deadline for sending comments... The post Dear Wine Industry…Signed, Anonymous appeared first on Fermentation ..read more
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How Grammar Will Have a Multi-Billion Dollar Impact on Wine Sales
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by Tom Wark
2y ago
Over the past two months, I’ve seen at least four examples of people arguing that banning out-of-state wine retailers from shipping into a state advances a state’s goal of protecting the health and safety of its citizens. The bans on retailer wine shipping do this, it is argued, because it helps keep lower-priced wines out of the states’ markets, which, in turn, lowers consumption of alcohol. This argument leads us to a very important question: What is the difference between... The post How Grammar Will Have a Multi-Billion Dollar Impact on Wine Sales appeared first on Fermentation ..read more
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Winery’s Use of Fulfillment Houses Is Illegal?
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by Tom Wark
2y ago
Wineries’ use of fulfillment houses to store, pack, label boxes and prepare wines for shipment to consumers is illegal. Who knew?? Try to imagine the logistic of wine shipping if producers were required by destination states to store, pack and arrange shipments of wine to consumers from their own bonded facilities, instead of contracting with fulfillment houses. How much more expensive would this make DTC shipping? How much more space would wineries and bonded facilities require to undertake shipments? Sound... The post Winery’s Use of Fulfillment Houses Is Illegal? appeared first on Fermentat ..read more
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