COPPER CANE FORCED TO CHANGE OREGON WINE LABELS

Nov 26, 2018

(TDB) - California-based winemaker Joe Wagner of Copper Cane has been ordered to remove references to Oregon appellations from his Elouan and Willametter Journal Pinot Noir labels.

As reported by Wine Spectator, the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), reversed its earlier label approval last week.

he TTB has ordered Copper Cane to voluntarily surrender seven labels, but did not request a change for the 2017 Elouan Pinot Noir, which is already on sale.

“The TTB reviewed the labels and requested that we omit the references for the appellations, although the grapes are sourced from those appellations. We have complied with all of the requests,” Wagner told WS.

The labels for both wines, which are made with Oregon grapes at a facility in Rutherford, California, will change with the 2018 vintage and will no longer include the Willamette, Rogue and Umpqua Valley appellations on them.


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