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Why Does the Federal Government Care About 6 Cases of Wine Sitting at the Bottom of Charleston Harbor?

Source: MiraNapa.com
Source: MiraNapa.com

Jenny Hopkinson has an interesting story in the April 18, 2015 issue of Politico magazine:

If a bottle of wine has spent time underwater, is it still something you’d want to drink? This might not strike you as the kind of question the federal government would need to get involved in, or even care about. But three weeks ago, we came across a strange new policy posted by the TTB, the federal agency responsible for labeling alcoholic beverages.
Titled “Advisory on the Underwater Aging of Wine,” the document intriguingly mentioned “recent interest in the aging of wine under ocean waters,” and then dropped some pretty strong language about the practice: “adulterated, unsanitary conditions,” “contaminated with filth,” “effluent,” “decaying organic matter.”

Read more at http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/04/charleston-harbor-wine-117080.html.

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