Police and council crack down on bottomless brunches in Wellington
14 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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The council has received several complaints about the events and the promotion of all you can drink deals . Photo / Getty Images
The council has received several complaints about the events and the promotion of all you can drink deals . Photo / Getty Images
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Wellington City Council and police have cracked down on bottomless brunches, which they say are a clear breach of liquor-licensing laws.
For one establishment, a video that circulated on social media of people sculling mimosas was the final straw.
The council has received several complaints about the events and the promotion of all you can drink deals .
EU and US alcohol industry associations are welcoming the four month suspension of retaliatory tariffs related to the Airbus-Boeing dispute.
The alcohol industry has suffered collateral damage in a long-running dispute between the EU and US over aircraft subsidies: with several rounds of tariffs on unrelated goods – including alcohol – brought into force since 2019.
In October that year, the US imposed 25% tariffs on drinks such as French wine, Scotch and Irish whiskies; followed by the EU’s imposition of 25% tariffs on US alcohol such as rum, brandy, vodka and vermouth in November 2020; and US imposition on further EU goods such as Cognac in January 2021.
The authority, chaired by Judge Kevin Kelly, released its decision last month as thousands of students returned to Dunedin for the new academic year. Starters Bar, which is in the heart of the city s student quarter, had previously been allowed to open between 12pm and 12am Sunday to Wednesday, and from 12pm to 1am Thursday to Saturday. OUSA sought an extension of two hours for Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.
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Extending the hours of a student pub will help reduce alcohol related harm, authorities say. Pictured: Revellers enjoy the Otago University Students Association Hyde Street Party in 2016.
In the first decision of its kind, The Portman Group has upheld a complaint against CBD gin ‘Colorado High’ in the UK for both creating a link with an illicit drug and implying therapeutic qualities. But the craft distiller behind the gin argues adults know and understand CBD and its distinction from cannabis.
In the UK, cannabis is an illicit drug but CBD is not. However, The Portman Group deemed the product created an indirect association with illicit drugs. It also said the product created a problematic link between alcohol and implied therapeutic effects of CBD.
But craft gin company Silent Pool Distillers believes adults are familiar with CBD - and understand its distinction from cannabis. It says the Portman Group - a self-regulatory industry watchdog funded by eight alcohol industry giants - has failed to grasp the reality of the CBD market .
With the rise of low and no alcohol drinks, The Gin Guild is fighting the use of the descriptor ‘gin’ on such products.
Gin is defined in EU regulation as a juniper-flavoured spirit with a minimum alcoholic strength of 37.5% ABV: meaning low and alcohol product cannot, by definition, be considered as gin (Similar regulations exist in the US, where gin needs to be bottled at 80° proof).
But the rise of low and low alcohol drinks has led to a number of brands using the term ‘gin’, while the UK guild wants to protect the use of the term for genuine gin brands.