Suggested Reading

The wine law community is quite niche, but I occasionally stumble upon external resources dealing with wine and law. The following is my comprehensive list of suggested reading on the topic.

Books

  • Food Regulation: Law, Science, Policy and Practice, Neal D. Fortin
  • From Demon to Darling: A Legal History of Wine in America, Richard Mendelson
  • A History of Wine in America: From Prohibition to the Present, Thomas Pinney
  • The Intellectual Property Debate: Perspectives from Law, Economics and Political Economy (Meir Perez Pugatch ed., 2006)
  • The Law of Geographical Indications, Bernard O’Connor
  • The Little Red Book of Wine Law, Carol Robertson
  • Wine and War: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France’s Greatest Treasure, Don Kladstrup
  • Wine in America: Law and Policy, Richard Mendelson
  • Wine Politics: How Governments, Environmentalists, Mobsters, and Critics Influence the Wines We Drink, Tyler Colman

Cases

  • Granholm v. Heald, 544 U.S. 460 (2005).
  • Siesta Village Market LLC v. Steen, 595 F.3d 249 (5th Cir. 2010).
  • Arnold’s Wines v. Boyle, 573 F.3d 185 (2nd Cir. 2009).
  • Siesta Village Market LLC v. Granholm, 596 F. Supp. 2d 1035 (E. D. Mich. 2008).

Law Journal Notes and Comments

  • Michelle Agdomar, Removing the Greek from Feta and Adding Korbel to Champagne: The Paradox of Geographical Indications in International Law, 18 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 541 (2008).
  • Barton Beebe, Intellectual Property Law and the Sumptuary Code, 123 Harv. L. Rev. 809 (2010).
  • Tomer Broude, Taking “Trade and Culture” Seriously: Geographical Indications and Cultural Protection in WTO LAW, 9336 U. Pa. J. Int’l Econ. L. 623 (2005).
  • Irene Calboli, Expanding the Protection of Geographic Indications of Origin Under TRIPS: “Old” Debate or “New” Opportunity?, 10 Marq. Intell. Prop. L. Rev. 181 (2006).
  • Kristen Cunningham, Grapes of Wrath? How the United States Can Reduce the Negative Effects of Winery Wastewater, 20 Colo. J. Int’l Envtl. L. & Pol’y 223 (2009).
  • Scott Danner, Not Confused? Don’t be Troubled: Meeting the First Amendment Attack on Protection of “Generic” Foreign Geographical Indications, 30 Cardozo L. Rev. 2257 (2009).
  • Ivy Doster, A Cheese by Any Other Name: A Palatable Compromise to the Conflict Over Geographical Indications, 59 Vand. L. Rev. 873 (2006).
  • Dev Gangjee, Comment, Quibbling Siblings: Conflicts Between Trademarks and Geographical Indications, 82 Chi.–Kent L. Rev. 1253 (2007).
  • Stacy D. Goldberg, Comment, Who Will Raise the White Flag? The Battle Between the United States and the European Union over the Protection of Geographical Indications, 22 U. Pa. J. Int’l Econ. L. 107 (2001).
  • Deborah J. Kemp, Trademarks and Geographical Indications: A Case of California Champagne, 10 Champ. L. Rev. 257 (2006).
  • Aaron C. Lang, Note, On the Need to Expand Article 23 of the TRIPS Agreement, 16 Duke J. Comp. & Int’l L. 487 (2007).
  • Leigh Ann Lindquist, Champagne or Champagne? An Examination of U.S. Failure to Comply with the Geographical Provisions of the TRIPS Agreement, 27 Ga. J. Int’l & Comp. L. 309 (1999).
  • Jose Manuel Cortes Martin, TRIPS Agreement: Towards a Better Protection for Geographical Indications?, 30 Brooklyn J. Int’l L. 117 (2004).
  • Justin Hughes, Champagne, Feta, and Bourbon: The Spirited Debate About Geographical Indications, 58 Hastings L.J. 299 (2007).
  • Michael Maher, On Vino Veritas? Clarifying the Use of Geographic References on American Wine Labels, 89 Calif. L. Rev. 1881 (2001).
  • Brian Rose, Comment, No More Whining About Geographical Indications: Assessing the 2005 Agreement Between the United States and the European Community on the Trade in Wine, 29 Hous. J. Int’l L. 731 (2007).
  • Mark Silva, Note, Sour Grapes: The Compromising Effect of the United States’ Failure to Protect Foreign Geographic Indications of Wines, 28 B.C. Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. 197 (2005).
  • Justin M. Waggoner, Note, Acquiring a European Taste for Geographical Indications, 33 Brooklyn J. Int’l L. 569 (2008).
  • Vicki Waye, Assessing Multilateral vs. Bilateral Agreements and Geographic Indications Through International Food and Wine, 14 Currents Int’l Trade L.J. 56 (2005).
  • Philippe Zylberg, Geographical Indications v. Trademarks: The Lisbon Agreement: A Violation of TRIPS?, 11 U. Balt. Intell. Prop. L.J. 1 (2002).

Transnational and Domestic Agreements, Legislation, and Documents

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