U.S. Government Puts Hold on Approving New Appellations

By Lynn Alley

The U.S. Treasury's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), the federal agency that regulates the wine industry, has stopped processing petitions for establishing American Viticultural Areas (.....

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