Producers Covet Cross-Categorical Privileges

Dear Client: Beverage alcohol segments' respective privileges were coveted at the Craft Beverage Expo, as beer, wine and spirits pundits each shared how they've won their respective battles. In a session called, "Don't Like the Law, Change it," for example, Wine Institute chief Steve Gross outlined wines' 30-year battle to secure direct shipping privileges across state lines. How'd they do it? In the simplest of summaries, Steve recommended, "Be prepared to use all of the tools available: Use the legislators,