Comment 1: Girrens, Quinn

The distinction between Pisco brandy and other brandies to be sold in the United States provides additional consumer protection because the labeling clarity allows for more understanding of where the liquor was distilled and manufactured. The United States requires that brandy is to be bottled at not less than 40% alcohol by volume. However, Pisco brandy from Peru or Chile can sometimes be bottled at 30% alcoholic by volume. To ensure that the integrity of the Pisco brandy, which is required to be distilled and manufactured by Peruvian or Chilean standards, is not compromised, the requirement that Pisco brandy to be consumed in the United States does not require 40% alcohol by volume, and rather maintains the distilling and bottling standards of Peru or Chile.