Alcohol Industry Celebrates Collaboration at Reception By Michael Kaiser, Director of Public Affairs 9.30.16 Senators Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) became the 51st and 52nd US Senators to officially co-sponsor the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (S.1562). This bi-partisan bill seeks to lower the tax burden for all wineries, breweries and … Read more
by Michael Kaiser 9.12.16 The TTB has extended its comment period for Notice No. 160: Proposed Revisions to Wine Labeling and Recordkeeping Requirements. The notice proposes to amend the labeling regulations to provide that any standard grape wine containing 7% or more alcohol by volume that is covered by a certificate of exemption from label … Read more
8.4.2016 Washington — Today the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced that it has concluded its two year consent decree review, and that it will refrain from altering the existing decrees regulating Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) and American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), as well as other elements of the music industry. The consent … Read more
By Tara Good 7.25.2016 Last Friday, the MIC Coalition, which includes WineAmerica, along with bars, restaurants, and streaming services, sent a letter supporting DOJ’s decision to keep in place the longstanding consent decrees which have governed music licensing by ASCAP and BMI for decades. View Letter to the Department of Justice Additionally, MIC applauded DOJ’s … Read more
by Michael Kaiser 7.11.16 Background In the Fall of 2008 the United States, and in turn the global economy, was on the brink of collapse. When the Obama Administration came into office in early 2009, their priorities included investigating the collapse and working with Congress to avoid similar collapses in the future. In 2009 and … Read more
