Wine/Sommelier Regulations: Statute and Code Reference

This page provides a structured reference to the 8 regulatory citations tracked across Sommelier Education Authority. All citations are extracted from page content and verified against primary sources.

Citation Summary

Category	Count
Federal Statutes (U.S. Code)	2
Named Federal Acts	5
Building & Electrical Codes	1
Total	8

Federal Statutes (U.S. Code)

Citation	Jurisdiction
21 U.S.C. § 158	US
23 U.S.C. § 158	US

Named Federal Acts

Citation	Jurisdiction
Australian Grape and Wine Authority Act	US
Charitable Act	US
National Minimum Drinking Age Act	US
The Volstead Act of 1919	US
Volstead Act	US

Building & Electrical Codes

Citation	Jurisdiction
IRC 127	National

Pages with Regulatory Citations

Page	Citations
sommelier-prerequisites-and-eligibility	2
prerequisites-for-sommelier-programs	2
history-of-sommelier-profession-in-the-us	2
sommelier-education-costs-and-funding	1
scholarships-and-financial-aid-for-sommelier-students	1
new-world-wine-regions-for-sommeliers	1

Monitoring Sources

Citations on this site are monitored against the following regulatory data sources:

Ashrae (last checked: 2026-03-20)
Congress (last checked: 2026-03-20)
Ecfr (last checked: 2026-03-20)
Federal Register (last checked: 2026-03-19)
Nfpa (last checked: 2026-03-20)
Openstates (last checked: 2026-03-20)

Citation data last extracted: 2026-03-20

Sommelier Program Prerequisites and Eligibility Requirements This page covers the formal and informal prerequisites across the major certification bodies, how age, experience, and legal... Prerequisites for Sommelier Programs: What You Need Before You Start Knowing what each program expects before enrollment saves time, money, and the particular frustration of sitting through an... History of the Sommelier Profession in the United States This page traces that arc: how the role emerged, how it institutionalized, the inflection points that shaped its current form,...