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WineAmerica Disappointed in the Times Failure to Check Their Facts

By Cary M. Greene This past weekend, the New York Times published an article Congress’s Man of the Vines, Including His Own on one our industries biggest advocates, Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA). The portrait of Congressman Thompson painted by the Times was wholly unfair. As a representative of wineries in nearly every state, WineAmerica knows … Read more

TTB Introduces New COLA Form for Label Approval

The Alcohol Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau have released an updated version of the Certificate of Label Approval Form (TTB F 5100.31). The new form now requests a listing of any grape varietals that are displayed on the label. Additionally, all pre-COLA evaluations should now be noted in the data field marked “Formulas”. The TTB … Read more

Mandatory E-Verify Legislation Introduced in Both Chambers

By Jennifer Montgomery Last week was a very busy one for the Agriculture Coalition for Immigration Reform (ACIR) as mandatory E-Verify legislation was introduced in both the House and Senate. The House bill, HR 2164 (the Legal Workforce Act), was introduced last Wednesday in a House Judiciary Committee hearing by Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) amid … Read more

TTB Update

By Michael Kaiser The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau is still facing major delays in the review of Certificate of Label Approvals. As it stands now, it is taking 30 days for an online submission and 60 days for a paper submission. If you are going to be submitting a wine label for … Read more