wine

How to Enjoy Your Hard-earned Fees: Exploring Barolo, Italy

by Suzanne Hoffman on July 9, 2012

Last month I wrote about the regulatory obstacle course wine producers and importers have to navigate to sell their product in Colorado.  In deciding what to write this month, I thought perhaps I’d give some suggestions on how my colleagues can spend their hard-earned fees on a relaxing gastronomic trip to Piemonte, Italy, the source […]

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Importing Wines into Colorado: Bureaucracy from Vine to Table

by Suzanne Hoffman on June 5, 2012

As a federal wine importer whose wines are distributed in Colorado, I’ve learned on the battlefields of commerce just how “user unfriendly” the Colorado three-tier state alcohol regulatory system under Article 47 Title 12 of the Colorado Revised Statutes can be. America has 50 separate regulatory regimes governing liquor and vinous spirits sales, from wine […]

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