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7 No Nos on Weigh Tags

The grape harvest continues to be a slow one to kick into gear this year. For wineries one thing that means is they haven't filled out many "weigh tags" yet. To clarify, whenever I write or speak about "weigh tags" what I am always referring to is the document whose...

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Video: Wineries don’t do this on your weigh tags!

  Once again it’s game on for harvest !  Once the grapes start rolling in things heat up pretty fast. (No fermentation-related pun intended) Things can also quickly become rather chaotic when it comes to harvest related recordkeeping. Specifically your weigh tags. If you are someone who fills out weigh tags- I’ve got a warning […]

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Wine labels start at harvest

The grape harvest of 2023 will be starting soon in California. But before grapes roll into wineries and are weighed and documented, wineries need to be thinking down the road to the labels that will be put on the wines from those grapes. This is because several items...

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What the TTB gets wrong in label approvals

Over the past 20 plus years I guesstimate that I have submitted around a thousand label approval applications to the TTB. (COLAs) Not surprisingly, to anyone familiar with these applications, I've had a wide range of experiences, and some of those have been concerning...

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What wineries are getting wrong on their labels

I've said for years that there is a lot going on behind a wine label. A lot of compliance that is. When an average consumer picks up a bottle of wine they would probably be very surprised to know all the requirements that wine labels must meet, and the minimum...

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Wine Label Compliance Class in Napa April 19th

Wine Compliance Alliance, based in Napa CA will be hosting an in person course on wine label compliance. The course will be held on Wednesday, April 19th from 9 am to 1 pm. This will be an in person course. A webinar version of the course will also be offered later in...

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