So exciting! We just heard from the TTB and have received federal approval of the 14th and final #grape in the #Beaucastel Chateauneuf-du-Pape collection: #Muscardin. As is normal with these petitions, the final approval will come when it's entered into the congressional record along with other newly-approved grapes sometime in the next few years. But please welcome Muscardin as the 348th approved grape for use in American wine!

Full letter on the #TablasCreek website: https://assets.tablascreek.com/news/TTB-Response-to-Tablas-Creek-Vineyard-re-27-CFR-4.93-petition-for-Muscardin-grape-variety.pdf

Yesterday at #TablasCreek we petitioned the TTB to get #Muscardin recognized as the 348th grape in the federal register. This will be the 8th grape (after Grenache Blanc, Counoise, Picpoul Blanc, Bourboulenc, Vaccarese, Terret Noir, and Picardan) which we've sent in. That's about 10% of all the new grapes recognized since 1996!

In this week's blog post, I dove into why we have to do this, what the process entails, and why we're excited about this obscure #Rhone #grape.

https://tablascreek.typepad.com/tablas/2023/02/petitioning-ttb-recognize-muscardin-14th-and-final-chateauneuf-du-pape-grape-in-beaucastel-collection.html

Petitioning the TTB to recognize Muscardin: the 14th and final Chateauneuf du Pape grape in the Beaucastel Collection #TablasCreek #PasoWine #Wine #Muscardin

https://tablascreek.typepad.com/tablas/2023/02/petitioning-ttb-recognize-muscardin-14th-and-final-chateauneuf-du-pape-grape-in-beaucastel-collection.html