ABSTRACT
For any country, when a private company produces wine for public consumption, the government has a tight control over the business for three important reasons, among others: tax, economic integrity, and safety. In the United States, two federal agencies prescribe regulations for the commercial production of wine:
1. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB; www.ttb.gov)
2. Food and Drug Administration (www.fda.gov/)
In this country, TTB has issued the following regulations governing the commercial production of wine:
• 27 CFR 1: Basic permit requirements under the Federal Alcohol Administration Act, nonindustrial use of distilled spirits and wine, bulk sales, and bottling of distilled spirits
• 27 CFR 4: Labeling and advertising of wine
• 27 CFR 9: American viticultural area
• 27 CFR 12: Foreign nongeneric names of geographic signi…cance used in the designation of wines
• 27 CFR 13: Labeling proceedings
• 27 CFR 16: Alcoholic beverage health warning statement
• 27 CFR 24: Wine
• 27 CFR 27: Importation of distilled spirits, wine, and beer
• 27 CFR 28: Exportation of alcohol
• Public Law 107-188, the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002
For reference, 27 CFR 4 refers to Volume 27, U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Part 4. The abbreviations used in this chapter also include the U.S. Codes, for example, 26 U.S.C. 5384 means Volume 26, U.S. Codes, Part 5384.
