{"id":428571,"date":"2026-08-10T05:20:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T05:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/428571\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T05:20:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T05:20:19","slug":"california-craft-distillers-face-end-of-direct-home-deliveries-this-year-amid-lobbying-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/428571\/","title":{"rendered":"California craft distillers face end of direct home deliveries this year amid lobbying fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">FOR SIX YEARS, Californians have been able to shake up a craft cocktail at home using alcohol delivered to their doorstep. Now, it\u2019s last call for the distillery deliveries, unless lawmakers intervene by the end of this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s unlikely, thanks to opposition from California\u2019s wine industry, Teamsters union truck drivers and corporate alcohol wholesalers and distributors.<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading for FREE<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">This is NOT a paywall. We just want to make sure you\u2019re a human. Sign in to read this story and receive the weekly roundup in your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Success! Your account was created and you\u2019re signed in.<br \/>Please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/localnewsmatters.org\/my-account\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">My Account<\/a> to manage your account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FOR SIX YEARS, Californians have been able to shake up a craft cocktail at home using alcohol delivered&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1630,7,9,1843,8,6752,83606,170560,5037,41151,3001,48628,13954,1086,4823,78232,49914],"class_list":["post-428571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-alcohol","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-legislature","tag-california-news","tag-calmatters","tag-craft-cocktails","tag-distilleries","tag-gov-gavin-newsom","tag-josh-hoover","tag-legislation","tag-liquor","tag-lobbying","tag-pandemic","tag-small-business","tag-teamsters","tag-wine-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}