Wine and spirits distributors are the vital link bringing an ever-expanding variety of brands from around the world to the places consumers buy them. As local, family-owned businesses, distributors are essential members of the economy.
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View AllOct 09, 2024
WSWA’s SipSource: Wine and Spirits Sales Decline Continues
12 Months Through August: Wine Down -8.0%, Spirits -3.9%
Oct 09, 2024
Honoring a Titan of The Wine and Spirits Industry, the Award will be Presented at WSWA’s Access LIVE 2025 to an Individual Who Embodies Mr. Herrmann’s Indelible Legacy
Oct 08, 2024
WSWA Educational Foundation Announces 4 Robert Qualls Scholarship Recipients for 2024
Selected Hospitality Students Receive $20K in Total Scholarships to Help Fund Education
Featured Issues
Explore IssuesAs Congress seeks to make the United States Postal Service (USPS) solvent, it is imperative that individual state laws concerning the direct to consumer shipping of wine, beer and spirits are respected.
WSWA believes the time has come for Congress to comprehensively legalize and regulate adult-use cannabis at the federal level.
Enforcement efforts around the country have revealed that states grapple with the harmful impacts of non-compliance in the direct-to-consumer alcohol shipping market. While many shippers respect state laws, there are bad actors that ship alcohol illegally to consumers by taking advantage of loopholes to evade compliance, which harms law-abiding businesses, undercuts state authority, and ultimately has negative impacts on the entire marketplace and consumers.