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Wine Compliance Alliance partners with Napa Valley Vintners for training course
Education in compliance is still lacking for many who work for wineries. Sometimes this will end up in two common results specific to wine labels. Either they are missing a required item, or they list a word they aren't allowed to. In late 2021 the Napa Valley...
The TTB is paper free!
Not surprisingly, one of the most common reasons for the unpopularity of managing winery compliance is the piles and piles of reports required. Add to that the fact that many of the regulating agencies are still in the dark ages world of paper filing for their...
The value of “produced by fermentation” for US wineries
Produced and Production. Two words often used by the media when they are referencing a winery's activities. Interestingly enough, when either of those terms are used by the media, for example they will mention the "production" of a winery or how much a winery...
In the wine biz, what exactly is an alternating proprietorship?
We use a silly amount of acronyms in the world of winery compliance. One that winery staff often use is AP. AP stands for alternating proprietorship. But what exactly is an AP in the winery world, and why are they so popular in the wine business? An alternating...
Video: Wineries don’t do this on your weigh tags!
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 reminder for […]
Wine labels start at harvest
The grape harvest of 2022 is just getting going here 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...
How Confident are you about your TTB harvest records?
Harvest 2022 is kicking off wineries! Let me ask you this, how confident are you about your compliance specific to harvest? Here's a few questions to give you an idea what I'm talking about and see if you respond with either a definite "yes!", or a "hmmm, I think so"...
CA wineries can now manage their ABC licenses online
Wineries are currently able to manage much of their required compliance reporting via online sites. A couple key advantages of online filing are you know when a report was filed and have confirmation that the agency received it. Both federal and many state agencies...
CA ABC offers wineries fee waiver again for their 02 licenses
The California ABC is once again offering wineries, as holders of the type 02 Winegrower license, relief from paying their license renewal fees. They are calling it a renewal fee waiver. All Winegrower licenses expire annually on June 30th of each year. The license...
When does a wine qualify for Napa?
The names Napa and Napa Valley have very solid name recognition around the world. Their most common association is of course wine. If we see the words Napa Valley or even just the word Napa on labels or advertising for wine, we're likely to think that the wine was...
The TTB Reports all US Wineries are required to file
All US wineries are required to file three primary reports to the TTB (the Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau) Of those three reports one of them is always required to be filed and the other two are only required if the winery does specific activities. All...
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 again 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...
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...
