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Recent  Action

Wine Caucus letter in support of tax provisions
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Rethinking the 21st Amendment for the 21st Century
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Recent Events

America's Sommeliers Honored at Tonight's Wine Caucus Reception
-Tuesday, October 8th, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.Congressman Thompson and ASA's new Chairman, Robert Juliano
Congressman Thompson and ASA's new Chairman, Robert Juliano

Welcome to David Sloane, President of the American Vintner's Association
-Monday, July 8th, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Congressmans George Radanovich and Mike Thompson welcoming David Sloane, Executive Director of American Vintner's Association
Congressmen Radanovich and Thompson and AVA President David Sloane
 

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As a founder and Co-Chair of the bipartisan, bicameral Congressional Wine Caucus, I welcome you to our website. The Caucus brings together 250 members of Congress from all 50 states to educate and engage them in legislative and regulatory matters pertaining to wine issues.  We are proud of the fact that winegrape growing and production provides hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs, in addition to making an enormous contribution to our nation's economy.  The Caucus serves to highlight these--and the many other--benefits of a strong wine industry. I am delighted you have found our website, and I hope it offers valuable information to you.
 

Sincerely,
        


In 1999, George Radanovich and I founded the Congressional Wine Caucus with the idea that Members of Congress could benefit from learning more about the challenges of growing grapes and making wine.  Additionally, we felt that people in the grape and wine business would be interested in hearing more about federal regulatory and legislative developments that affected them.  Since then, we've held numerous policy briefings and wine receptions on Capitol Hill, and become involved in a wide variety of legislative issues, all with the goal of promoting our incredibly vibrant American wine industry from the vineyard to the wine glass.  Please let us know if you find our website helpful or have suggestions to make it better. 

Cheers,
                    

Photo of Congressman Mike Thompson in a kitchen teaching a cooking class.
Photo by Bob Minenna
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) teaches a recent cooking class.

Photo of Congressman George Radanovich in his office with a painting of wine grapes on the wall behind him.
Photo by Patrick G. Ryan
The Hill Interview (May 8, 2002) -- Rep. George Radanovich (R-Calif.) advises people not to be “afraid to taste different wines.”

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