Three Tier Crisis? Naw, There’s an Easy Fix

After careful consideration of the FTC's staff report on the consumer benefits of direct shipping of alcoholic beverages (see BBD 07-07-03 for full text of FTC release), Beer Business Daily spoke with several industry politicos and distributors about the crucial, bare boned issues the report raises on 3-tier. We came up with these observations:If we are honest with ourselves, it is difficult to argue against the notion that Internet wine sales are bad for the consumer. Setting aside the underage