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...

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 about wine labels...

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 labels. Not only...