Initiative 1105 – which would have privatized the sale of spirits in Washington State, required a distributor to sell spirits, altered taxation, and made other changes – was, as expected, resoundingly defeated on election night. Read more...

As I wrote several weeks ago, I am against both Initiative 1100 and 1105. This is due in part to my distaste for the subversion of the initiative process in Washington State. However, after spending Read more...

This is the second of two posts detailing the thoughts of individuals in each of the three tiers on Initiative 1100 and how they believe it might affect their businesses and consumers. Here, I look Read more...

Reminder: October’s Virtual Tasting takes place tonight at 7pm Pacific Time. Read about how to participate here.Initiatives 1100 and 1105 propose broad changes to how wineries, distributors, and retailers would do business. This is the Read more...

Reminder: October’s Virtual Tasting takes place on Wednesday the 27th at 7pm Pacific Time. Read about how to participate here.As promised, below is a list of wineries and their positions on Initiatives 1100 and 1105. Read more...

As mentioned over the weekend, I am collating the positions of as many wineries as possible on Initiatives 1100 and 1105. I will subsequently be listing this information on the blog for reference.If you wish Read more...

This is the final post in a four part series about Initiatives 1100 and 1105. In the first part, I gave the initiative titles, how we got here, and a quick summary of the two Read more...

As part of a subsequent post about Initiatives 1100 and 1105 following the current series, I will be giving the perspective of people at all three of the distribution tiers: wineries, distributors, and retailers. If Read more...

This is the second in a four part series about Initiatives 1100 and 1105. In today’s post, I breakdown Initiative 1100. Next, a look at Initiative 1105. See the first part of the series here.Yesterday, Read more...

For people looking to understand Initiatives 1100 and 1105 on the November ballot in Washington State, in the next series of posts I will attempt to summarize relevant background information. While I have tried to Read more...