If you’re preparing to open your own winery or hospitality business you have no doubt heard the warnings “its a jungle out there” or that “most businesses fail within the first five years”.
Whether your winery, restaurant, or hospitality business success or fails, the one sure truth is that you’ll be guaranteed to [...]
Category Archives: Pennsylvania Wine Law
How To Ensure Your Wine and Hospitality Business Success In 2012
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board Proposes To Modernize It’s System Of Wine and Liquor Sales
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board officials advocated modernization changes today as it faces the threat of privatization by Gov. Tom Corbett and others to privatize the system.
The changes were discussed today at a state Senate appropriations hearing. The proposed changes include:
–Increasing Sunday store closing hours from noon until (currently 5pm) 7 or 8 pm
–Erasing [...]
Pennsylvania Wineries: The Battle For Direct To Consumer Wine Shipping Continues Under A New Act
The wine wars continue as last year’s bill H.R. 5034 aka the Comprehensive Alcohol Regulatory Effectiveness Act (CARE) is once again introduced in Congress as H.R. 1161, the Community Alcohol Regulatory Effectiveness Act of 2011. The bill is sponsored by Representative Jason Chaffetz (R), Congressman from Utah. A bi-partisan group of eight other members [...]
Pennsylvania Wineries: The Battle For Direct To Consumer Wine Shipping Continues
Proponents of Pennsylvania and New Jersey’s push for winery direct shipping laws will find this interesting. The lines in the sand are being drawn and the wine wars continue!
H.R. 5034 negatively affecting direct shipping of wine to consumers is gaining steam in Congress. An investigation by Wine Spectator reveals the campaign contributions [...]
How Not To Have Your Winery or Hospitality Business Lawyer-Up!
Recently I took an unforeseen hiatus from posting to this blog to tend to the needs of my oldest child who was recently injured this January in an automobile accident at the hands of a drunk driver. Like most of the mothers of MADD, I too experienced the anguish that comes with that dreadful [...]
What’s Your Wine’s Pedigree?
The geographic location where your wine is grown, can often signal quality or add pricing value to your customers. Commercial advantage can be gained from a consumer’s appreciation of wines originating from a particular “viticultural area.” The tagging of a wine from an “American Viticultural Area” or AVA can be an important factor to [...]
Pennsylvania Wine and The Law: Hey William Penn! Pennsylvania Inquiring Minds Still Want to Know
I’m still amazed at the number of times I’ve met new people and engaged in a conversation about Pennsylvania’s wine industry only to find them quite surprised to discover that Pennsylvania wineries are serious industry players that are here to stay.
I get a certain level of enjoyment steering their minds off of California and New [...]
