Multistate Appellations of Origin for Contiguous States

摘要

This document reopens the comment period for Notice No. 785, a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) published in the Federal Register on December 14, 1993 [58 FR 65295]. In Notice No. 785, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) proposed to amend its regulations to liberalize the requirements for using a multistate appellation of origin on a wine label. The current regulations provide that a wine may bear a multistate appellation of origin only where the wine is in conformance with the laws and regulations governing the composition, method of manufacture, and designation of wines in all the States listed in the appellation. The proposed amendment would provide an exception where State laws and regulations do not authorize the use of a multistate appellation of origin which includes that State for wines sold within its boundaries. The comment period is being reopened based on requests from two wine industry associations.