The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Commerce Bureau of the U.S. Division of the Treasury (TTB) has formally acknowledged Bolivian singani as a singular kind of brandy and a particular product of Bolivia. A grape distillate within the basic class of brandy, singani will now be its personal subcategory, distinct from different kinds of brandies, in line with the rule posted Jan. 13, 2023.
Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh spearheaded a marketing campaign for TTB recognition of the South American nation’s nationwide spirit as a singular and proprietary product of Bolivia. Soderbergh, who was launched to singani by his Bolivian casting director in 2007 whereas taking pictures the movie Che in Spain, launched Singani 63 in 2014 in partnership with distiller Casa Actual. He labored intently with the Bolivian authorities through the previous eight years to show to the TTB that singani deserved its personal classification.
Singani is distilled from the Muscat of Alexandria grapes grown in excessive altitudes of the Andes — situations that create its daring, fragrant high quality. In alternate for U.S. recognition of singani as a particular product of Bolivia, Bolivia will grow to be the forty fourth nation to legally acknowledge bourbon whiskey and Tennessee whiskey as distinctive merchandise of the U.S.
