Author Archives: Donna Whitaker

California Stay-at-Home Order Closes TTB Laboratory

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

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 —

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

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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Export Group Urges Delay in USMCA, Other Rules to Combat Virus

American Association of Exporters & Importers, of which National Association of Beverage Importers is a member, urged President Trump to provide “immediate

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Dixie Vodka Donates $20,000 for a Virtual NASCAR Race

What was supposed to be the Dixie Vodka 400 race at Homestead-Miami Speedway morphed into a virtual race televised on FS1.

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