Monthly Archives: March 2020

ABI Using Left Over Alcohol to Make Sanitizers

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Donna Whitaker

Anheuser-Busch InBev said it is using alcohol leftover from producing non-alcohol beers to make sanitizing products it will distribute free of charge.  It expects to make more

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Wine Retailers Seek to Grow Thanks to Coronavirus

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Donna Whitaker

“Never let a crisis go to waste” is a long-accepted saying in Washington, so it’s hardly a surprise that the National Association of Wine Retailers would seek to use Covid-19

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California Stay-at-Home Order Closes TTB Laboratory

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Donna Whitaker

Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau said its Complaint Laboratory in Walnut Grove, Calif., is closed owing to California’s stay-at-home order.  Two impacted laboratory

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Lux Row Blood Oath Launches New Expression

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Donna Whitaker

Blood Oath Pact No. 6 launches this spring. The series – a creation of Lux Row Distillers’ Head Distiller and Master Blender John Rempe – combines three selected

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FYI —

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Donna Whitaker

Survived Solitary Confinement.  You Can Survive Self-Isolating. Great article by Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post reporter imprisoned by Iran for 544 days, including solitary confinement.  (Washington Post)    

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NJ Governor’s Covid-19 Order Overrides City Shutdown of Liquor Stores

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Donna Whitaker

Governments are facing an admittedly tough act balancing health and the economy.  Sometimes there’s little that can be done in the face of stupidity; Pennsylvania’s governor

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