(Wines&Vines) - The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) is considering whether several new grape variety names should be approved for use in designating American wines, according to Notice No. 165 published Nov. 17 in the Federal Register. The varieties include 21 names submitted by grape breeders or wineries in 10 states east of the Rockies. Comments about these varieties must be received by TTB on or before Jan. 17, 2017, in order to be considered.

New York has five grapes on the list, three of which are hybrid varieties developed by the breeding program at Cornell University’s New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, N.Y. Arandell, a red variety, and Aromella, a white hybrid, were named by Dr. Bruce Reisch