Forum: Social Hall Posted By: John Gardner Post Time: 03-16-2008 at 02:11 PM

committee on revenue and taxation approved a bill that would place a 5% tax on liquor sold off-premise (the bill was amended Friday to exempt all restaurants from the tax.) The bill is now on its way to the senate floor.

Mr. Bill Walker, our broker in 4 Southern states (Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama) paid Oregon a visit for a little R & R and the chance to enjoy our beautiful wine country. On Thursday, our Winemaker Thomas Houseman led us through his favorite barrels from Anne Amie's 2007 vintage and showcased his favorite vineyard lots thus far. We all had a wonderful lunch at the Dundee Bistro...

Forum: Social Hall Posted By: Harry Gruber Post Time: 12-11-2007 at 11:29 PM

The spirits industry had a small victory today when Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe signed a law that will allow liquor stores to hold spirits tastings for consumers. With the signing of House Bill 2397, Arkansas became the 15th state since 2000 to allow or expand its spirits tastings on or off-premise...

... territory in the southeastern United States, according to some estimates. Rex Roberg, Arkansas Extension wildlife management program associate, is on the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s quail...

Oklahoma and Arkansas. Of course, the special iinterests are fighting tooth and nail to keep the trade restrictions in place. Like Oklahoma, Arkansas has a three tier system that ensures consumers pay ... that would allow some out-of-state wines to be sold in Arkansas grocery and convenience stores received ... -Paris, is a response to lawsuits challenging a state law that allows only wines produced in Arkansas...

When I first found out that the North American Travel Journalists Association Convention was being held in Little Rock, Arkansas, I was less than thrilled — if I may write frankly. Since I cover ... .” This famous duck walk is held at all the Peabody’s, but the tradition actually began in Arkansas ... in Arkansas. After partaking of perhaps a little too much of the local moonshine, it seems like...

Arkansas Football fans are wild about the nationally ranked Arkansas Razorbacks, but wild pigs of a different kind are grabbing national headlines, suspected of causing E. coli contamination in California-grown spinach that killed three people and sickened 200. California is not alone in dealing with feral pigs. Arkansas Extension county agents occasionally receive complaints from landowners...

There’s been quite a bit of movement lately in state alcohol regulation boards – first Pennsylvania, and now Arkansas. Robert Moore, Director of the Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Division was appointed by then Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton January in 1987, has resigned his position, effective ... . Langley, an attorney from the Northeast Arkansas city of Paragould, began work on January 16, 2007...