Pennsylvania Wine Group Selects 45 Wines to Wear First PQA SealsA tasting panel selected 45 Pennsylvania-made dry table and sparkling wines to wear the first Pennsylvania Quality Assurance (PQA) seals, indicative of "being of comparable quality to wines from other regions being sold in restaurants and retail stores." Wines with the PQA seals will begin appearing in wine stores and restaurants this month and the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) will promote the PQA program in its stores. It is the first such state program in the U.S. featuring a tasting panel, though similar quality programs have been pioneered in Canada and Europe. The wines, all made from vinifera grapes grown in Pennsylvania, were tasted blind on an "approved" or ...