The Perfect Storm Part Four: Predicting Trends and Opportunities
July 2011
Opportunities, Challenges Ahead: Overcoming DTC Regulation Key to Growing Lucrative Sales
Wine Business Insider
July 2011
Wine Marketers: Mind Your Media
Wines and Vines
By Paul Franson
July 2011
Direct-to-Consumer Wine Sales Growing More Than Twice as Fast as Industry
Napa Valley Register
By Paul Franson
June 2011
The Perfect Storm 2010
By John Hinman, Deborah Steinthal, Erica Valentine
January 2010
The Perfect Storm, Revisited: Predicting Future Trends and Opportunities
By John Hinman and Deborah Steinthal
December 2007
U.S. Wine Market Liberalization by 2015: Perfect Storm Forming
By John Hinman and Deborah Steinthal
November 2005
Internet Rules of the Road of Advertising, Marketing and Transmitting Orders Online for Licensed Beverage Products
By John Hinman
March 2001
Transferring Retail Liquor Licenses in California
By Lynne Carmichael
Summer 2000
Free Commerce in Wine: Trapped in a Legal Web
By John Hinman and Robert T. Wright, Jr.
June 2000
In the Press:
CA Bars May Soon Be Able to Serve Infused Alcohol
By Marisa Lagos, San Francisco Chronicle
August 26, 2011
Mark Leno Bill Puts Fruits, Veggies Back in Booze
By Marisa Logos, San Francisco Chronicle
December 6, 2010
Editorial on Regulators Run Amok: Time for Infusion of Common Sense
By San Francisco Chronicle
March 14, 2010
Undercover Booze Bust at Nob Hill Club
By Demian Bulwa, San Francisco Chronicle
March 03, 2010
State Warns Bay Area Bars Not to Infuse Drinks
By Demian Bulwa, San Francisco Chronicle
February 26, 2010
Judge Sides with SF Club in ABC Crackdown
By Steven T. Jones, San Francisco Bay Guardian
September 30, 2009
Case Dismissed Against Popular Music Club
By Marisa Lagos, San Francisco Chronicle
September 29, 2009
State Goes After Legendary All-Ages Music Clubs
By Marisa Lagos, San Francisco Chronicle
April 11, 2009
Michael David Winery Achieves Huge Victory For Small Wineries in Jury Trial: Court Victory Keeps Brand Value in Vinters, Not Distributors
Published by Wine Business Daily News
October 23, 2007
Lawsuits Seek to Let Shops Nationwide Ship Wine Here
By Cyril Penn, San Francisco Chronicle
June 15, 2006
Tourist Magnet Viansa Sold for $31 Million
By Cyril Penn, San Francisco Chronicle
June 30, 2005
Feds Bust Collectors Who Sell Wine Online: Dozens Receive Letters Asking for Back Taxes on Sales
By Carol Emert, San Francisco Chronicle
September 16, 2004
State Court Rules Brewers' Sweepstakes Aren't Legal
By Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle
January 31, 2001
Wine May Get Health Label: Vinters Lobby for Way to Counteract Warnings
By Carolyn Lochhead, San Francisco Chronicle
June 25, 1997
Wine Sparks War Between the States
By Peter Sinton, San Francisco Chronicle
April 6, 1996
Tangled Tale of a Wine Scam: Little Guy Left Holding the Bag as New Scheme Appears on Scene
By Peter Sinton, San Francisco Chronicle
January 22, 1996