Tonight WineAmerica, the Wine Institute and the East Coast Shellfish Growers Association are co-sponsoring a white wine and shellfish reception for the Congressional Wine Caucus and the Congressional Shellfish Caucus. Traditionally this has been an event that only served California wine. For the first time WineAmerica is providing wine from the East Coast for this … Read more
By Michael Kaiser The annual WineAmerica Fall Board of Directors and Membership meeting has come and gone once again. This year we visited the Snake River Valley in Southwest Idaho. The Snake River Valley is Idaho’s first American viticultural area and is home to the largest concentration of wineries and vineyards in the state. The … Read more
The TTB has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to allow the use of vintage dating on a wine labeled with a country appellation of origin, such as “American”. The official TTB summary is as follows. The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau proposes to amend its wine labeling regulations to allow a vintage … Read more
The TTB has issued their final ruling on proposed grape variety names for use on domestic wine labels. The TTB’s statement on the ruling is below, as is the link to the final rulemaking. This document adopts, as a final rule, a proposal to amend the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau regulations by … Read more
Our friends and WineAmerica Supplier Member ShipCompliant have written a great analysis of the new advisory put out by the California ABC on “Third Party Providers”. Understanding the California ABC’s New Advisory for Wineries and Third Party Providers November 1st, 2011 By Jeff Carroll – VP of Compliance, ShipCompliant The proliferation of “Third Party Providers” … Read more
