Legislative Collective August 2018 Report

Report to the Virginia Wine Board VIRGINIA WINERIES ASSOCIATION WINE COLLECTIVE August 20, 2018 Building Code Study The Building Code Study being conducted by Virginia Cooperative Extension continues to move forward. The stakeholder group made up of agribusiness interests, including wineries, local government, building code officials, as well as the State Department of Housing and… Continue reading Legislative Collective August 2018 Report

New Bills – 2018 Session

Bills Last action HB 214 – Knight – Overweight permits; vehicles for hauling Virginia-grown farm produce over bridges and culverts. Approved by Governor-Chapter 501 (effective 7/1/18) HB 286 – Bell, John J. – Food and drink sanitary requirements; exception for dogs in wineries. (H) Enacted, Chapter 819 (effective 7/1/18) HB 422 – Bulova – Alcoholic… Continue reading New Bills – 2018 Session

California DTC shipments must include Prop 65 warnings effective August 30th

August 13, 2018By Kristin Carlton, Vice President of Compliance, ECompli If you’re like one of the vast majority of wineries in the United States, you most likely have a wine club or allocation program in place to ship your wine to consumers all over the country; including the largest wine consuming state, California. Are you… Continue reading California DTC shipments must include Prop 65 warnings effective August 30th