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2023 Beverage Alcohol Summit Takeaways
The two-day 2023 Sovos ShipCompliant Beverage Alcohol Summit virtual event included a wide variety of speakers covering topics that affect every level of the industry.
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How Can Women-Led Beverage Alcohol Companies Change the Industry?
The beverage alcohol industry might no longer be strictly viewed as a “boys’ club,” but there are a minority of women leading organizations in the
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Potential Government Shutdown Will Affect Beverage Alcohol Industry
Unless Congress is able to pass an appropriations bill in the next few days, the U.S. government is set to shut down all nonessential services
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Prevent Consumer Confusion Around Hard Versions of Soft Drinks
A trend of the last few years has been the surge in new products entering the beverage alcohol market, from hard seltzers to RTD cocktails,
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How Evolving Consumer Demand is Changing the DtC Wine Industry
There may only be two certainties in life, but consumer preferences are still undoubtedly going to evolve over time. This is definitely true in the
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Oregon, Iowa Litigation Signals Interest in More Self-Distribution
While the wave of litigation to remove legal barriers to retailer direct-to-consumer (DtC) keeps crashing against the breakwaters of district courts, a recent ripple in
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How Do Online Wine Marketplaces Do It?
Online wine marketplaces are a way for consumers to purchase many of their favorite brands with a few clicks, and often enjoy discounted or included
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Why Don’t States Trust Each Other’s Three-Tier Systems?
The District Court for Arizona recently ruled against a Florida retail shop in the latest in an ongoing series of lawsuits that seek to address
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What Small Wineries Should Look for in a DtC Compliance Solution
Congratulations, your winery has grown to a point where shipping under someone else’s license has become too great of a risk, and you’ve decided to
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Wines and Spirits Will Soon be Subject to California’s Bottle Bill
Effective January 1, 2024, wine and spirits products will be subject to the California Beverage Container Recycling Program (BCRP). This change follows the passage of
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Not All the Grapes Are Freed Just Yet
By Jeff Carroll, WineDirect Wineries in the United States can ship to 97% of the U.S. population for direct-to-consumer (DtC) shipping, right? Not exactly. Most
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Spirits New Product Registrations Spike 20% in First Half of 2023
All categories saw growth January to June in 2023, compared to that same time in 2022 The first half of 2023 has come and gone,
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2023 Direct-to-Consumer Wine Shipping Mid-Year Report
The direct-to-consumer (DtC) wine shipping channel has seen a continuation of movement tracked in the January release of our Direct-to-Consumer Wine Shipping Report, with dips
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Top Signs Your Small Winery is Ready for Its Own DtC Licenses
Small wineries breaking in to the direct-to-consumer (DtC) wine business sometimes choose to partner with third-party services that make big promises about handling compliance and
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The Latest DtC Shipping Updates from Alabama and Delaware
Some promising direct-to-consumer (DtC) happenings have occurred in both Alabama and Delaware in the last few weeks. The DtC application process in Alabama has been
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Claims of Counterfeits in DtC Shipping are Overblown
Among those who, for whatever reasons, oppose direct-to-consumer (DtC) shipping of alcohol, one argument that keeps coming up is that consumers should not be able
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Where Are We with Fulfillment House Regulation?
Over the last few years, one of the leading issues affecting the direct-to-consumer (DtC) wine shipping market has been the ongoing effort by states to
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Weather or Not to Ship
Preparing your business for direct-to-consumer (DtC) wine shipping is no small feat. Between licensure, compliance concerns, tax accuracy and regulated reporting, overwhelm may seem inevitable.