TTB Business Central - Starting a TTB-Regulated Business

What type of wine operation do you want to start?

  • Bonded Wine Premesis
    • If the business you are interested in involves the production, blending, cellar treatment, storage, bottling, and/or packaging of wine, you’ll need to apply to be a Bonded Wine Premises. There are two types of Bonded Wine Premises:
      • Bonded Winery (BWN): a Bonded Winery is a facility that is authorized to produce wine.
      • Bonded Wine Cellar (BWC): a Bonded Wine Cellar does not engage in the production of wine, but in the blending, cellar treatment, storage, bottling, and/or packaging of wine. Some BWCs also blend wine.
  • Taxpaid Wine Bottling House
    • A Taxpaid Wine Bottling House bottles or packages wine on which excise tax has already been paid.
  • Vinegar Plant
    • A Vinegar Plant is authorized to receive untaxpaid wine for the production of vinegar.
  • Volitile Fruit-Flavor Concentrate Plant
    • A Volatile Fruit-Flavor Concentrate Plant is authorized to produce concentrate by any process which includes evaporations from any fruit mash or juice.
Page last reviewed/updated: 01/12/2015