Posted July 21, 2014
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB)
establishes the “Malibu Coast” viticultural area, which covers approximately
44,590 acres in portions of Los Angeles County and Ventura County, California. The
Federal Register is available here.
TTB also establishes the approximately 690-square mile
“Upper Hiwassee Highlands” viticultural area in Cherokee and Clay Counties,
North Carolina, and Towns, Union, and Fannin Counties, Georgia. The
viticultural area does not lie within or contain any other established
viticultural area. The Federal Register is available here.
TTB designates viticultural areas to allow vintners to
better describe the origin of their wines and to allow consumers to better
identify wines they may purchase.
Both the rules are in effect August 18, 2014.
