Comments on: Wine Institute Comment; Top 7 Things to Know http://www.bevlaw.com/bevlog/alcohol-beverages-generally/wine-institute-comment-top-7-things-to-know Distilling a million label approvals down to the ones that affect you. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:00:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bill Cole http://www.bevlaw.com/bevlog/alcohol-beverages-generally/wine-institute-comment-top-7-things-to-know/comment-page-1#comment-1084 Bill Cole Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:31:21 +0000 http://www.bevlaw.com/bevlog/?p=1635#comment-1084 This is not a consumer protection issue. It is a consumer educaton issue. Encourage the TTB to publish the nutiriaionl content of a typical 750ml bottle of wine on its website. Require wine labels to refernece this website. It is insane to think that each wine should be individually tested to determine its nutritional content when (within a very limited range) we will all be putting the same values on our proudcts. The consumer should know how wine stacks up against other proudcts they consume, but there is absolutely no reason to attempt to differtiate between individual bottles of wine because there is no differnce. This is not a consumer protection issue. It is a consumer educaton issue.

Encourage the TTB to publish the nutiriaionl content of a typical 750ml bottle of wine on its website. Require wine labels to refernece this website.

It is insane to think that each wine should be individually tested to determine its nutritional content when (within a very limited range) we will all be putting the same values on our proudcts.

The consumer should know how wine stacks up against other proudcts they consume, but there is absolutely no reason to attempt to differtiate between individual bottles of wine because there is no differnce.

]]> By: sweet red wine http://www.bevlaw.com/bevlog/alcohol-beverages-generally/wine-institute-comment-top-7-things-to-know/comment-page-1#comment-615 sweet red wine Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:27:21 +0000 http://www.bevlaw.com/bevlog/?p=1635#comment-615 its nice article, i agree its nice article, i agree

]]> By: Lance M http://www.bevlaw.com/bevlog/alcohol-beverages-generally/wine-institute-comment-top-7-things-to-know/comment-page-1#comment-588 Lance M Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:55:12 +0000 http://www.bevlaw.com/bevlog/?p=1635#comment-588 I whole heartedly agree with the fact that wine is more variable. The cost is only going to be passed along to consumers, and for what benefit? Are you going to pick a wine just because it is lower in carbohydrates by 1 gram per serving? I seriously doubt it. Furthermore, it opens up the possibliy to expand the labeling requirements in the future, to include a list of ingredients. Wine inherently is not just fermented grape juice, there are may additions that winemakers add to enhance the flavor( all of which are permissable by the TTB). It would destroy the whole mystique behind wine if it were required to be listed. C'mon, do you want to know that egg whites were used to fine out the protien, or worst bentonite (essentially processed dirt)? Does it truely matter, becasue it all settles out or is filtered out. There is possibly only trace amounts in the finished product, if that. I think alcoholic beverage labels are fine just the way they are. They give the consumer the information you want to know, type of beverage, and alcohol level. Beyond that, who cares? I whole heartedly agree with the fact that wine is more variable. The cost is only going to be passed along to consumers, and for what benefit? Are you going to pick a wine just because it is lower in carbohydrates by 1 gram per serving? I seriously doubt it.
Furthermore, it opens up the possibliy to expand the labeling requirements in the future, to include a list of ingredients. Wine inherently is not just fermented grape juice, there are may additions that winemakers add to enhance the flavor( all of which are permissable by the TTB). It would destroy the whole mystique behind wine if it were required to be listed.
C’mon, do you want to know that egg whites were used to fine out the protien, or worst bentonite (essentially processed dirt)? Does it truely matter, becasue it all settles out or is filtered out. There is possibly only trace amounts in the finished product, if that.
I think alcoholic beverage labels are fine just the way they are. They give the consumer the information you want to know, type of beverage, and alcohol level. Beyond that, who cares?

]]> By: Bottle Your Brand http://www.bevlaw.com/bevlog/alcohol-beverages-generally/wine-institute-comment-top-7-things-to-know/comment-page-1#comment-587 Bottle Your Brand Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:37:49 +0000 http://www.bevlaw.com/bevlog/?p=1635#comment-587 I think the observation that serving sizes have done nothing to help Americans stay healthy is an apt one. People don't get drunk because of ignorance, they get drunk because they want to. This change is only going to cost everyone more money and make life harder than it already is. I think the observation that serving sizes have done nothing to help Americans stay healthy is an apt one. People don’t get drunk because of ignorance, they get drunk because they want to. This change is only going to cost everyone more money and make life harder than it already is.

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