DISCUS Chief Shares Key Initiatives Plus Other Conference Highlights

Dear Client:   This week your editors headed down to New Orleans for the third annual Distilled Spirits Council conference. To kick things off DISCUS chief Chris Swonger shared an overview of the group's key initiatives. LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES UPDATE. Two of DISCUS' top legislative priorities are: securing fair treatment of spirits-based ready-to-drink products, and modernizing direct-to-consumer shipping laws. Legislation related to spirits-based RTDs, from lowering taxes to expanding availability, has been a hot topic recently. By DISCUS' count, 15 states considered spirits RTD