Last week, WineAmerica and Donniella Winchell, Executive Director of the Ohio Wine Producers Association and Vice Chair of the WineAmerica SRAAC, led a small delegation of winemakers and grape growers to Washington, DC, including long time WineAmerica Members Debonne Vineyards and Ferrante Winery. The Grand River Valley in Northeast Ohio suffered catastrophic losses to their … Read more
Happy New Year! We are pleased to offer all of our members a 10% registration discount for the 4th annual Eastern Winery Exposition taking place March 17-19 at the Oncenter in Syracuse, New York. To get your WineAmerica 10% sponsor discount, login as a member above and click on “Savings on Supplier Services” under Members Only … Read more
WineAmerica, has launched an overhaul of its website, featuring new educational and business tools for its membership and the public. Working with Grow Creative in Portland, OR, these tools will serve as an information depository for policies affecting the American wine industry. New features include: A state statute and policy database on three major topics: … Read more
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released their final rule for menu labeling requirements for restaurants that are part of a chain of twenty or more with the same ownership, operating under the same name. The FDA was required to establish the rule under the nutrition labeling requirement contained within the Affordable Care Act … Read more
TTB has added six new allowable revisions (to the existing 28) to alcohol beverage labels. To streamline the COLA approval process, TTB allows for certain changes to be made to labels without subject to a new COLA approval. Of particular significance to wineries is the new revisions allowed for the disclosure of sulfites. According to … Read more