A proposal is in the works to create a massive ABC bureaucracy collecting personal data on every person in California who works in the alcohol sector of the hospitality industry.

The new rules will require scientific training of every server before being allowed to pour a glass of wine, and mandates hundreds of changes to current industry customer service practices. 

These rules, 45 days after being proposed, will be adopted without discussion unless the industry asks: “why the rush”?

By now most of the industry knows about the TTB’s crusade against small wineries in California, Oregon and elsewhere that use extended payment terms to provide wine to wholesalers in out-of-state markets, such as to Angels’ Share Wine – a wholesaler in New York.