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Alcoholic Beverage Control and Maryland
March 18, 2020
Attention Montgomery County Restaurants,
All restaurants licensed by the Montgomery County Board of License Commissioners may sell sealed containers of beer and wine for off-premises consumption along with a takeout or delivered meal.
This permission includes the sale of bottles, cans, growlers, and crowlers for off-premises consumption and does not include the sale of alcoholic drinks in a to-go cup. This permission does not include liquor.
This permission expires when the emergency order to close restaurants is lifted.
Businesses may deliver beer and wine to Montgomery County addresses...
January 9, 2020
Original content: VinePair
By Jennifer Simonson
Chile runs along South America’s western edge from the dry desert in the north to a field of glaciers in the south. Rugged mountains, fertile valleys, never-ending coastline, rumbling volcanoes and scorched sand dunes all clash to provide this long, thin country with a captivating landscape. For winemakers, that landscape is more than captivating, it is a grape grower’s paradise.
The low cost of land, rare interference from vine pests and diseases, dependable dry, warm summers, and nearby mountains providing a regular supply of...
January 9, 2020
Original content: Forbes
By Cathy Huyghe Contributor
If you’re a wine lover, and if you’re heads-up about current events and world news, then the New Year hasn’t been very celebratory so far. The bad news seems overwhelming and far-reaching, between devastating fires in Australia to bureaucrat types in Washington and Europe debating tariffs and deciding the fate of so many wine businesses we love.
It seems overwhelming, partly because it feels so out of our control.
I’d argue that, despite the large-scale ramifications of current events, there are things that...
January 7, 2020
Original content: Forbes
By Jill Barth
Members of the Wine Origins Alliance yesterday submitted a jointly signed letter for the US Trade Representative’s (USTR) public comment period on tariffs in response to aircraft subsidies and France’s Digital Services Tax.
The United States on December 2, 2019 threatened to impose tariffs of up to 100 percent on $2.4 billion in French goods in retaliation for a digital services tax it says is discriminatory.
(Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)
This action was followed by a second letter sent to...
December 16, 2019
Original content c/o: National Restaurant Association
Get your staff up to speed on safe alcohol service.
Holiday celebrations can bring in a lot of business for restaurants and bars. According to market research firm Technomic, alcohol sales during the fourth quarter of the year can account for up to 30% of alcohol sales overall (retail and restaurant).
As operations get busy, staff members need to stay focused on serving alcohol responsibly, says Jay Lerdal, program manager for the National Restaurant Association’s ServSafe Alcohol training program.
During holiday...
