UPDATED PROCEDURE ISSUED: VOLUNTARY CHEMIST CERTIFICATION PROGRAM On September 24, 2018, the TTB Procedure 2018-2 regarding the procedures followed for the Chemist Certification Program for the analysis of wine, distilled spirits, and beer for export. Under that...

Generation Research data revealed that sales of wines and spirits in duty free and travel retail amounted to $11.3 billion, an increase of 8.5 percent in 2017. TFWA World Exhibition & Conference provided the platform to further state that duty free and travel...

Box wine dominates convenient stores for the first half of the year. Sales of domestic premium boxed wine increased by 23 percent throughout the first 6 months, and gained 1.5 dollar share points. Boxed wine represents up to 10 percent of the convenient store wine...

High priced wines increased in sales and have overshadowed lower priced wines in H1. As of June 16th, table wine price segments under $11 dollars lost share according to IRI. Wines priced at $4-$7 dollars were the most affected with a decline of 2.6 percentage in all...

In a ruling issued Friday, the United States District Court Eastern District Of Michigan Southern Division directed the state to allow out-of-state retailers to ship wine to Michigan consumers, and said the state can create a permit to do so that's similar to what...

The TTB has announced the acceptable changes on approved alcoholic beverage labels that do not require a new COLA. Once the TTB has approved a label, you are allowed to change certain items on that label without obtaining a new COLA (TTB Form 5100.31 - Application for...

  Chile’s moderate temperature and few weather related problems have resulted in healthy crops producing balanced wine in different regions. This is a change of pace from 2017 when the weather was hot and there was an early harvest. Chile’s major production...

Hard seltzers are increasing in popularity and are an optimistic marker in the beer industry. They cater to a more health conscious consumer, and millennials who are interested in new inventive alcoholic beverages with lower calories. A prime example of a hard seltzer...

Oregon added 44 wineries in 2017 with sales volume up to 16 percent outpacing the wine category’s national growth rate of 1.6 percent. The Oregon Vineyard and Winery report released information that the state has increased in wineries from 1,052 to 1,114. Oregon’s...