by Michael Kaiser The following story was posted by the Associated Press today: Schumer: Feds move to speed wine bottle labeling Associated Press ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Sen. Charles Schumer says the federal government is taking an important step to simplify the process of approving labels for New York wines. Schumer has been pressing the Alcohol … Read more

By Cary Greene A member winery recently asked about changes in Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”) registration requirements. It’s an important question, and it seemed like a good opportunity to remind all wineries about the new requirements. Since the Bioterrorism Act of 2002 was passed, the FDA has required wineries to complete a one-time registration … Read more

By Michael Kaiser This past weekend, the fourth annual Wine Bloggers Conference was held at the Omni Hotel in Charlottesville, Virginia. It was a great opportunity for wine bloggers and others in the industry to really be introduced to the wonderful world of Virginia wine. Virginia wineries really delivered and they illustrated why the state … Read more

July 5, 2011 Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305) Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061 Rockville, MD 20852 Re: Food Labeling; Nutrition Labeling of Standard Menu Items in Restaurants and Similar Retail Food Establishments (Docket No. FDA-2011-F-0172, and RIN 0910-AG57) (76 Fed. Reg. 19192 (April 6, 2011)) Dear Sir or Madam: On behalf … Read more

By Cary M. Greene This past weekend, the New York Times published an article Congress’s Man of the Vines, Including His Own on one our industries biggest advocates, Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA). The portrait of Congressman Thompson painted by the Times was wholly unfair. As a representative of wineries in nearly every state, WineAmerica knows … Read more