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New Training! How to complete the CA Grape Crush report
An annual report that all CA wineries (& all businesses that purchase grapes) must file is due by January 10th. That report, perhaps one of the most unpopular reports in the winery world is the CA Grape Crush Report. Full course info here There is a...
Just in time! Harvest compliance training for wineries
What is the most common missing link for wineries with their compliance? Plain and simple, the missing link is effective training. This results in records being kept incorrectly (or not at all!), reports being completed incorrectly and winery staff having a...
CA ABC offers wineries (02 license holders) relief from renewal fees
The California ABC is offering holders of the type 02 Winegrower license relief from paying the license renewal fees. All Winegrower licenses expire annually on June 30th of each year. Businesses that qualify can file for this payment relief on up to two Winegrower...
Wine In A Can ?
Yes, wine in cans has been appearing on store shelves for a few years now. We had a question about the labels on these cans of wine, specifically about a statement that all wine labels must list. Most commonly that statement (The TTB Name and Address statement) will...
The Survey Results Are In!
Thank you to all of you who took the time to take our survey on your experiences navigating winery compliance! Your answers were helpful, insightful and in some cases pretty amusing. We are now getting to work creating the first version of the winery compliance...
Three TTB Websites For Managing Your Winery Compliance
The TTB, the Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau which all US wineries must comply with for their permitting, records and reporting requirements has been very efficient at creating online platforms so all of you never have to send them another piece of paper...
Does wine compliance make you cry? We’re here to help with that but need your input!
Winery compliance. Just mention those two words together to the folks who work at a winery and you'll get some sort of reaction. They'll make a face, roll their eyes or perhaps utter something along the lines of "ughh". Winery compliance is not a popular topic. Why?...
Temp no more! The 5120.17 is just that once again
Update! The TTB has now removed the "temp" from the form name for the 5120.17 report and is now back to calling it what it was before. No more temp, it is just (once again) the 5120.17. Wineries will use the 5120.17 version of the form for their report filings for...
CDTFA extends the due dates for two CA winery reports
Well there's no way around it, 2021 has already started off with some serious mood swings. We're still feeling pretty beat about by recent events and seeking any good news to provide solace. I'm glad I do have some good news to share for all California wineries. The...
Good news wineries! The current TTB excise tax credits are now permanent
As we wrap up the final two days of 2020 I'm glad to do so with a good news update with all US wineries. The craft beverage modernization act has officially been made permanent! This is good news for all US wineries (& for breweries and distilled spirits...
TTB tax rates go back up for wineries if Congress doesn’t vote to extend by Dec 31st
As we wrap up the final days of 2020 we're having a deja vu moment in the TTB winery compliance world. (all alcohol beverage actually) It was just one year ago that we were in the same spot that we're in now, that is asking Congress to hold a vote to extend the Craft...
Info on submitting TTB reports for two types of wildfire related losses
2020. A year that many have been ready to be over for awhile. For wineries here in Napa County this year's harvest was a nightmare, of course due to the two rounds of wildfires that hit us across the majority of the grape harvest. (not to exclude wineries across...
How to apply online for a Weighmaster license (in CA)
The 2020 grape harvest is underway! Here in Napa County several wineries have been posting photos of bins of grapes, and in some of the photos there are people standing around the bins wearing face masks. Yes this will be a masked harvest. But back to the bins of...
TTB announces updates to due dates for two main winery reports
In my April first blog post I shared about the postponed due dates the TTB had established for the two main required reports filed by wineries. The 5120.17 (report of wine premise operations) and the 5000.24 (excise tax report). The TTB shared additional updates on...
CA wineries- Time to renew your CA ABC type 02 license
A brief reminder for all California wineries in this post. More specifically that includes all businesses that hold California ABC type 02-Winegrower OR type Duplicate 02 licenses. All of those licenses expire annually on June 30th. The renewals have already been sent...
