The Commission assessment rate for harvest year 2010 is set at 0.5% (one half percent) of the gross dollar value of District 3 winegrapes sold by growers to vintners. A vintner/purchaser of District 3 winegrapes is obligated by California law to withhold an assessment. Once the assessments are withheld from payments to the growers, the vintner holds the assessments in trust until remitted to the Commission by the deadline of January 10, 2011. Assessments are only withheld on grapes purchased from a non-related entity; do not pay on grapes from your own or your owners’ vineyards in District 3. SCWC Vintner letter and Forms attached below. Please do not hesitate to contact Ginger Baker at (707) 522-5864 or info@sonomawinegrape.org should you have any questions.