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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 ...
How Confident are you about your TTB harvest records?
Harvest 2023 is not too far 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 ...
Ann Reynolds interviewed on The Wonderful World of Wine podcast
Ann Reynolds, the owner and founder of Wine Compliance Alliance was recently a guest on the podcast, The Wonderful World of Wine.
Topics covered include a deeper dive into Ann's 30 year background in the wine industry, her book The Inside Story ...
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 ...
Cautionary info for wineries on using 3rd party shipping
You've seen me share all sorts of info, updates and tips specific to TTB & CA ABC compliance, but this time I'm sharing a recent blog post from Sovos ShipCompliant about a topic that is surrounded by a CRAZY amount of misinformation and ...
The TTB is exploring combining two winery reports
All US wineries are required to file two primary reports with the TTB, the Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau. One of those reports, which must always be filed by wineries regardless of their activities, drives whether wineries are ...
If a winery’s reports aren’t up to date the TTB won’t process their permit applications
If I asked you "is your winery up to date in filing all your TTB reports?", would you have a confident yes as a response? Or would you pause, and respond with an unsure "uhhhhhhh" or worse yet "what TTB reports?".
Well US wineries the TTB is ...
Question: Who is always responsible for filing TTB label approvals?
OK wine industry folks, let’s clear this up once and for all. When a TTB label approval (COLA) is required for the bottling of a wine who is the responsible party? A. The winery that bottles the wine B. The winery that bottles the wine C. The winery that bottles the wine D. All of […]
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 ...
All US wineries are bonded but not all of them have a bond
According to the internet gods this phrase, "what is a bonded winery" is a common wine related search. The term bonded, or just simply the word bond are commonly thrown around in the winery world, however few people could accurately tell you ...
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 ...
Wine label compliance, part 2 the back side
In my post on February 14th, I shared about the TTB requirements for the items required to be listed on wine labels and a bit about how those required items are connected to the label approval process.
I mentioned how over years of teaching ...
Wine label compliance, part 1 the front side
It's the beginning of the year, which means bottling season has gotten underway for a lot of US wineries. With bottling comes labels, and with (actually before!) labels comes label approvals. The most recognizable area of winery compliance is ...
Wine Compliance Alliance partners with Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance to host training on TTB requirements for wine labels
Wine Compliance Alliance, a winery compliance consulting office based in Napa became an associate member with Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance in 2022.
As part of its offerings to members, the PRWCA offers many training opportunities. On ...
Are the ownership details on your TTB basic permit up to date? (part 2) How and when to file them
In my post from January 5th I shared about the TTB starting to take a stricter enforcement stance on a regulation that's been on their books forever, which is their within 30 day filing requirement when either a winery has changed hands from ...
