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

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Liquor Products Act: Regulations

Part 1 : Production and Compositional Requirements

3. General requirements for wine [5(1)(c); 27(1)(a)]

 

Except where expressly provided otherwise in regulation 5 in respect of a particular class of wine, wine shall be produced in such a manner, that it complies with the following requirements:

(a) It shall be a natural wine or a fortified wine.
(b) The residual sugar content thereof shall in the case of a natural wine not exceed 30,0 gram per litre.
(c) The volatile acid shall—
(i) in the case of wine exported in bulk, not exceed 0,8 gram per litre;
(ii) in the case of a wine in respect of which certification as a noble late harvest wine or as a wine from naturally dried grapes has been refused, not exceed 1.8 gram per litre; and

[Regulation 3(c)(ii) substituted by regulation 2 of Notice No. R. 555 of 2009]

(iii) otherwise not exceed 1,2 gram per litre.

[Regulation 3(c) substituted by regulation 2 of Notice No. R. 343 of 2003]

(d) The pressure in a container in which it is sold shall be less than 75 kPa.