27 C.F.R. § 4.50

Certificates of label approval

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(a) No person shall bottle or pack wine, other than wine bottled or packed in U.S. Customs custody, or remove such wine from the plant where bottled or packed, unless an approved certificate of label approval, TTB Form 5100.31, is issued by the appropriate TTB officer.

(b) Any bottler or packer of wine shall be exempt from the requirements of this section if upon application the bottler or packer shows to the satisfaction of the appropriate TTB officer that the wine to be bottled or packed is not to be sold, offered for sale, or shipped or delivered for shipment, or otherwise introduced in interstate or foreign commerce. Application for exemption shall be made on TTB Form 5100.31 in accordance with instructions on the form. If the application is approved, a certificate of exemption will be issued on the same form.

(c) Cross reference. For procedures regarding the issuance, denial, and revocation of certificates of label approval, and certificates of exemption from label approval, as well as appeal procedures, see part 13 of this chapter.

[T.D. ATF-66, 45 FR 40546, June 13, 1980, as amended by T.D. ATF-94, 46 FR 55095, Nov. 6, 1981; T.D. ATF-242, 51 FR 39525, Oct. 29, 1986; T.D. ATF-344, 58 FR 40354, July 28, 1993; T.D. ATF-406, 64 FR 2128, Jan. 13, 1999; T.D. ATF-425, 65 FR 11891, Mar. 7, 2000]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1996–2021 · leading case: Bronco Wine Co. v. Jolly, 95 P.3d 422 (Cal. 2004).
Bronco Wine Co. v. Jolly, 95 P.3d 422 (Cal. 2004). “But as both the Department and the NVVA observe, it is quite doubtful that a federal COLA issued pursuant to 27 United States Code section 205 (e) and the corresponding wine label certificate regulations ( 27 C.F.R. § 4.50 et seq.) are equivalent to the licenses or permits at…”
Sociedad Anonima Viña Santa Rita v. United States Dep't of the Treasury, 193 F. Supp. 2d 6 (D.D.C. 2001). “40 (a) (imported wines); 27 C.F.R. § 4.50 (a) (domestic wines). The regulations also require that labels on American wines state “the name of the bottler or packer and the address .”
Bronco Wine Co. v. United States Dep't of Treasury, 997 F. Supp. 1309 (E.D. Cal. 1996). “Furthermore, the Agency notified Bronco that the Rutherford Vineyards brand wine had capsule labels with the word “Rutherford” and that such labels were not part of the approved COLAs and accordingly violated 27 C.F.R. § 4.50 . The BATF also notified Bronco that neither of the…”
Kay v. Copper Cane, LLC (N.D. Cal. 2021). “27 C.F.R. § 4.50 (a) (“No 10 person shall bottle or pack wine, other than wine bottled or packed in U.”
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