On Thursday, October 9, 2014, TTB published a final rule in the Federal Register establishing eleven new American Viticultural Areas (“AVAs”) within the existing Paso Robles viticultural area in San Luis Obispo County, California. The eleven new AVAs are as follows: Adelaida District; Creston District; El Pomar District; Paso Robles Estrella…
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TTB Proposes the Establishment of the Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley Viticultural Area
What is the proposal for establishing the Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley AVA? On May 8, 2012, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (“TTB”) announced a proposal for establishing an American Viticultural Area (“AVA”) for the Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley in Douglas, Grant, and Kittitas Counties in central Washington. The notice…
Additional Transnational Wine Trade Agreements
In the past, with respect to transnational wine trade agreements, many of On Reserve’s entries discuss the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (“TRIPS”), the Agreement Between the European Community and the United States of American on Trade in Wine, and the Agreement Between the European Community and…
Don’t Tamper with my Brunello di Montalcino
One early June afternoon, I rented a car from my home city Bologna and embarked on the most significant journey of my summer. After reading an article in the New York Times on Montalcino about a year before that originally sparked my interest in wine law, I knew my trip…
Wölffer Estate Vineyard
Happy Saturday from On Reserve. Featured Vineyard: Wölffer Estate of Sagaponack, NY. Wölffer Estate of Sagaponack, NY