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Client disclosure reporting period: 01/01/2016 - 06/30/2016

Authorizing Officer name	Steve J. Gross
Title	Vice President State Relations
Business name	Wine Institute
Address	425 Market Street Suite 1000
City, state, zip code	San Francisco, CA 94105
Country	US
Business interest	Tobacco, Alcohol

Compensation/Salaries Paid

Lobbyist or Entity name	Salaries
Ferriter Scobbo & Rodophele, PC	$20,000.00
Carol Martel	$8,886.57
Total salaries paid	$28,886.57

Operating Expenses

Date	Recipient	Type of expense	Amount
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Advertising expenses	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Photocopies, scans	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Computer equipment, supplies	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Professional dues	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Fax charges	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Internet fees	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Legal fees	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	USPS	Postage, shipping, delivery	$6.41
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Costco	Office supplies, equipment	$4.71
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Printing expenses	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Public relations expenses	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Paid to Carol Martel	Rent	$428.57
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Office and support staff salaries	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Professional subscriptions	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Taxes	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Verizon Wireless (143.14); Fairpoint Communications (97.72)	Telephone, cell phone, handheld	$240.86
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	None (included in rental fee)	Utilities (heat, water, electricity)	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Lobbyist Registration fee for Robert Rodophele paid to Ferriter Scobbo & Rodophele	Other operating expenses	$104.50
		Total operating expenses	$785.05

Meals, Travel, and Entertainment Expenses

Date	Lobbyist name	Event type	Event location	Names and addresses of all event participants	Amount
01/28/2016		Travel	Parking Office of Ferriter Scobbo & Rodophele Boston, MA	Reimbursement for cost of parking for Carol Martel and Steve Gross at Ferriter Scobbo & Rodophele. Carol Martel, 24 Sandpiper Lane, Merrimack, NH 03054; Steve Gross, 425 Market St., Ste. 1000, San Francisco, CA 94105;	$76.00
				Total amount	$76.00

Additional Expenses

No additional expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.