Afternoon Brief: Retailers Urge Supreme Court to Take Up Key Wine Shipping Case

The Supreme Court of the United States is set to consider a petition for certiorari in the case of Day v. Henry, which, if taken up, would determine whether states may successfully defend discriminatory retailer wine shipping laws by simply declaring them elements of the three-tier system without any supporting evidence...

Herti, a leading European manufacturer of aluminum closures, is set to participate in the 22nd Annual Craft Spirits Conference & Vendor Expo hosted by the American Distilling Institute (ADI) in San Antonio, Texas. The event will take place on August 25–26, 2025, at the Henry B. González...
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We asked Gemini and the AI answer was spot on. If you are anything like us, no doubt you’ve started to explore the various LLMs (Large Language Models) available to the public – Google’s Gemini, ChaptGPT, Perplexity, and others are changing the way people find and discover just about anything. And...
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The HENRYs Offer the Greatest Opportunity for the Wine Sector in 2021: Damien Wilson, Ph.D, The Hamel Family Faulty Chair of Wine Business at Sonoma State, is never boring. That bodes well for his students, of course, but for the rest of us, his colorful analysis of the wine industry and his...
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With heavy hearts and deep gratitude, we announce the passing of William E. “Bill” Gusmer. Bill graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and served in the US Army Reserve. After working at Colgate Palmolive as an industrial engineer, Bill joined our business in 1956 as...
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NAPA, Calif. (Feb. 17, 2025) – Cooperages 1912, a subsidiary of Independent Stave Company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Shelton as Director of Sales and Operations for North America, South America, Australia, and Asia. In this role, Shelton will oversee the day-to-day...
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Henry Halimi had certainly earned his retirement. Having achieved an impressive education in mathematics and mechanical engineering, and successful exits from multiple startups in his 45 years as a serial entrepreneur, Halimi had just sold Flo Technologies to Moen the plumbing-supply giant. Halimi...
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