Recent Ban Articles

A Ban That Reaches Well Beyond the Border A U.S. ban on Canadian spirits and wine has now taken effect, and the people who feel it first may not be the ones in the middle of the political fight. Restaurants, bars, liquor stores and everyday customers are the ones getting pulled deeper into a trade

In a surprising twist that caught European whisky makers off guard, a little-known trade agreement from 2004 between the European Union (EU) and Canada has resurfaced, banning European producers from labeling their rye-based spirits as "rye whisky." This rule, which quietly went into effect on Apr