March 4th, 2019
Wine Suppliers are Restricted on Social Media?

Facebook Creates Automated Rules to Boost Ad Performance.

You heard us right - wine and other alcohol suppliers face restrictions on social media! If you have ever seen or run a wine dinner promotion on social media, it may have technically been illegal. Thankfully, the confusing laws from the era of prohibition are finally beginning to allow more wine related sales and marketing activity. It is bizarre that some of these laws still apply to social media marketing. According to an assembly bill passed last year,  this recent revisions states that suppliers may post photos but no videos of wine or the related locations/events associated with the supplier. How odd!

You can read more about these bizarre wine marketing laws here