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Liquor Products Act, 1989 (Act No. 60 of 1989)

Notices

Wine of Origin Scheme

9. Requirements for wines of orgin

 

(1) A wine of origin of a particular geographical unit, region, district or ward shall—
(a) subject to the provisions of subsection (2), be produced solely from grapes harvested in the geographical unit, region, district or ward concerned;
(b) comply with the applicable requirements set out in the Act for wine or wine of a particular class;
(c) not reveal any unacceptable quality characteristics; and
(d) in the case of a distinctive wine, comply with further requirements prescribed in respect thereof under section 6(7)(e) of this Scheme.

[Clause 9(1) substituted by regulation 11(a) of Notice No. R. 835 of 2005]

 

(2)

(a) Grapes harvested on land situate outside a region or district shall, if the grape harvest of that land has prior to 1 January 1973 and since customarily been pressed in a cellar in the region or district concerned, be deemed to have been harvested in that region or district, irrespective whether the boundaries of that region or district has been changed.

[Clause 9(2)(a) substituted by regulation 2 of Notice No. R. 526 of 2012]

(b) Must, concentrated must or sweet reserve added to a wine of origin for purposes of sweetening shall be deemed to be derived from grapes harvested within the geographical unit, region, district or ward concerned, provided that—
(i) in the case of a fortified wine, the total of the products thus added does not consist of more than 15 per cent of the volume of the wine of origin concerned; and
(ii) in the case of a natural wine, the total of the products thus added does not consist of more than five per cent of the volume of the wine of origin concerned.

[Clause 9(2)(b) substituted by regulation 9(a) of Notice No. R. 813 of 2006]

(c) A spirit added to a wine of origin for purposes of fortification shall be deemed to be produced from grapes harvested within the geographical unit, region, district or ward concerned.

[Clause 9(2)(c) substituted by regulation 11(b) of Notice No. R. 835 of 2005]

(d) Concentrated must added, before or during alcoholic fermentation, to must intended for a wine of origin shall be deemed to have been produced from grapes harvested in the geographical unit, region, district or ward concerned.

[Clause 9(2)(d) substituted by regulation 11(c) of Notice No. R. 835 of 2005)

 

(3) A wine of origin of more than one area of production may be produced if—
(a) in the case of a blend of wines from different areas of production—
(i) each of the wines in the blend has been produced in terms of a separate authorisation; and
(ii) permission to blend the wines has been obtained in terms of section 20 of this Scheme; and
(b) in the case of a wine produced by the combining of grapes from different areas of production—
(i) the provisions of sections 15(2)(c) and 16(1)(c)(ii) of this Scheme have been complied with; and
(ii) a blending and bottling sheet has been issued in respect of the wine in terms of section 16(1)(d)(ii) of this Scheme.

 

[Clause 9(3) inserted by regulation 9(b) of Notice No. R. 813 of 2006]