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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...
CA wineries- you DO have time for the filing of two of your CDTFA reports
This post has been corrected RE the Winegrower Tax report. This post applies to you if you have (or work for) a business that is a California winery. I'm sharing some updates with you related to two of your CDTFA reports. That's the CA Dept of Tax & Fee Admin. And...
US Wineries- the TTB is allowing you a 90 day postponement on the due dates for your reports
We are living through unprecedented times. Our day to day lives have been impacted dramatically and for some the adjustments have been harder than for others. Government agencies in efforts to provide relief to us all have been offering delayed due dates for required...
Cased wine stored offsite at a warehouse? Here’s what wineries need to know about their TTB excise taxes
Here we are cruising up to the end of February 2020 already. This means that many US wineries have already begun filing their TTB excise tax reports for 2020 report periods. In a previous post I shared about the Craft Beverage Modernization Act being extended through...
Good news! The craft beverage modernization act has been extended
As we wrap up the final days of 2019 I'm glad to share a good news update with all US wineries. The craft beverage modernization act has officially been extended! This is good news for all US wineries (& for breweries and distilled spirits businesses too) We had...
Grower info required on your CA Grape Crush report this year
I know it is too early to start talking about reporting for the 2019 harvest. For most CA wineries you are still inhaling CO2 and walking around with stained hands and sticky clothes. Still I wanted to share with all of you who each year get to experience the...
Demo of how to file the Winegrower tax report Online
I'm glad to share a good news update with all California wineries. Your Winegrower Tax reports can now be filed online. This is the report that all CA wineries (which means all businesses that hold a CA ABC type 02-Winegrower license) are required to file on either a...
The results of testing out the TTB conditionally approved label approval experience
The results are in! My experimental label approval submission submitted on July 5th in which I intentionally filled in 4 fields incorrectly on the application came back over the weekend marked status "conditionally approved". I shared in my previous blog post and...
Testing out the TTB label approval conditionally approved experience
TTB label approval. Such a love/hate relationship wineries have with it. You love them when they get approved and you hate them when they get rejected or take too long to be approved and mess up your label printing schedule. Well the TTB continues to be drowned in...
Compliance webinar: Napa County winery use permit reporting
This post is for all Napa County wineries that hold a use permit issued by the Napa County Planning Office. Required annual reporting is now in effect and your first annual report is due by July 1st 2019. My office is hosting a three part webinar training designed to walk you through understanding each step […]
Winery compliance workshop – Saturday December 8th – Sonoma State University
I will be one of three instructors in this all day wine business compliance workshop being offered on Saturday, December 8th through the Wine Business program at Sonoma State University. Sign up here Topics covered will include: I will cover: […]
Compliance how to’s for listing an out of state AVA on your wine label
My last post and video were on the Elouan Oregon Pinot Noir label and specifically whether its use of three Oregon AVAs would be be kosher with TTB regulations. After sharing that post and reading others that followed also on the Elouan label I took another look at the TTB wine label regulation on Appellations […]
Are the AVAs on the Elouan back label OK? (from a TTB viewpoint)
I get Lew Perdue’s daily Wine News fetch email which helps keep me in the loop on the stories in the wine business world and often inspire my blogs/videos. A story in one of those headlines caught my eye this week- since it covered a topic I am waist deep in on a steady basis. […]
