SACRAMENTO, 1/18/26 – State legislators from San Rafael and Tracy have introduced a new piece of legislation that would require wine labeled as “American” to be made exclusively from grapes grown in the United States.
Current federal standards allow winemakers to use up to 25% imported wine and still label it as American. California-labeled wines are already required to be produced using only California-grown grapes, according to state law.
The legislation introduced this week, Assembly Bill 1585, is authored by California Assemblymembers Damon Connolly D-San Rafael, and Rhodesia Ransom, D-Tracy, and is co-sponsored by the California Association of Winegrape Growers and Family Winemakers of California…