§ 5381 Natural wine

OLRC 119-134 · eCFR 2026-10-19 · 1 amending Acts · cited by 1 sections

Enacted 1958 · Pub. L. 85-859 Amended · 1 Acts

19581979
Prior provisions 1
  • A prior section 5381, act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 668, consisted of provisions similar to those comprising this section, prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 85–859.
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Amended 1979
  • 1979 Pub. L. 96-39 Pub. L. 96–39 struck out provisions authorizing removal for distillation of wine deemed not to be natural wine, destruction of such wine under government supervision, and transfer of such wine to premises in which other than natural wine may be stored or used.

Natural wine is the product of the juice or must of sound, ripe grapes or other sound, ripe fruit, made with such cellar treatment as may be authorized under section 5382 and containing not more than 21 percent by weight of total solids. Any wine conforming to such definition except for having become substandard by reason of its condition shall be deemed not to be natural wine, unless the condition is cor­rected.