The Death of Three-Tier: Update 2

Dear Client:In our ongoing series on how the lines are increasingly blurring between the formerly state-mandated three tiers in the bev-alc industry in the U.S. -- and not due to Granholm or direct shipping wineries as we once thought -- we now present the North Carolina news.NORTH CAROLINA CARVE-OUT. The executive director of the North Carolina Craft Brewers Guild, Margo Knight Metzger, and a handful of representatives from the Tar Heel State gathered around a podium at the NC General