Export Compliance Daily is a Warren News publication.

TTB Proposes To Apply Varietal, Origin Labeling Standards to Wines Exempt From Labeling Approval

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau is proposing to amend its labeling and recordkeeping regulations to tighten requirements for certain grape wines exempt from labeling approval. Under the agency’s proposed rule (here), grape wines with an alcohol content…

Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article

Export Compliance Daily combines U.S. export control news, foreign border import regulation and policy developments into a single daily information service that reliably informs its trade professional readers about important current issues affecting their operations.

higher than 7 percent but exempt from labeling approval would still have to comply with TTB standards for labeling of varietal (grape type) designations, type designations of varietal significance, vintage dates and appellations of origin. The change would only apply to grape wines, not fruit or agricultural wines. Comments are due Aug. 22.