Highlights from DISCUS’ Inaugural Conference

Dear Client: Spirits industry execs gathered in Louisville this week for the Distilled Spirits Council's inaugural conference. It drew quite a crowd, with reps from every major spirits supplier as well as a number of craft distillers and wholesalers.  TARIFFS, TARIFFS, TARIFFS. To kick things off, the audience was polled on what industry-wide public issue is most critical. The retaliatory tariffs issue was number one by far, followed by taxes and direct-to-consumer (more on DTC below). DISCUS chief Chris Swonger noted the #ToastsNotTariffs