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Feminist Wine
We’ve probably posted a fair number of sexist labels. To help balance things out, here we have a bunch of feminist wine labels. I’m Not Your Waitress is one in a series of wines made and bottled by...
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9/11 Wine
The 9/11 Memorial wine is made by Lieb Cellars, LLC of Mattituck, New York. In a rare show of unity, it did not go over well with Anthony Bourdain, Dr. Vino, The Colbert Report, or The Christian Post....
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TTB Shutdown?
Updates Day 1, 10/1/2013, 6:30 am ET: TTB is shut down for the most part but at least COLAs Online and Formulas Online seem to be functioning normally (to retrieve approvals, etc.). Permits Online...
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TTB Funding
I read about TTB funding a few days ago in Wine & Spirits Daily. It is good but I still don’t understand why they don’t use more links. I had to look elsewhere for the letter, to the Senate, about...
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The Tito’s Lawsuit: When Approval is Not Approval
Tito’s vodka was doing great for the past 15 years, then hit a gigantic speedbump this week in the form of a class action lawsuit. Tito’s therefore provides a good example of when an approval is not...
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Maker’s Mark Bourbon Got Tito’d
I have focused on beverage labeling law since 1988. During that time it has been very rare for a private party to bring any action against a beer, wine or spirit supplier’s labeling or advertising —...
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Tito Responds
Over the years many have suggested that Tito’s vodka is not really made in small batches or by hand. I tried to keep an open mind, as the brand grew, and even in the face of the lawsuits summarized...
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Tito Case Moves Forward, Not in Tito’s Favor
3/23/2015 Update. Caution. The above headline seems fairly skewed. See below for what we think really happened last week. The case is not halted at all. Tito had another bad day yesterday, this time...
View ArticleAnother Judge Chimes in on Tito’s
On Tuesday, January 12, 2016, a federal district court in New York granted in part and denied in part Tito’s “Handmade” Vodka’s motion to dismiss several claims brought against it by a class of...
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Trump Vodka
Trump is riding high in the polls at this very moment. So high that Mitt Romney just attempted to slow Donald’s roll, by saying “what ever happened to Trump Vodka?” Indeed. All faithful readers of...
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