# Pub. L. 90-619: changes to the Internal Revenue Code

1968-10-22, 82 Stat. 1236. Source: <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/90/public/619>.

## Legislative history

- Bill: [H.R. 14095](https://www.congress.gov/bill/90th-congress/house-bill/14095)

## § 5373: Wine spirits

- § 5373(a): Pub. L. 90–619 inserted special natural wine, under conditions prescribed by regulations, as one of the materials from which wine spirits may be produced and extended to special natural wines the existing prohibition on the use of natural wine whose sugars have been refermented.

## § 5382: Cellar treatment of natural wine

- § 5382(b)(2): Pub. L. 90–619 permitted wine spirits to be added to natural wine produced by fermentation in any bonded wine cellars located within the same State in which the addition is to take place.

## § 5383: Amelioration and sweetening limitations for natural grape wines

- § 5383(a): Pub. L. 90–619, § 3(b), substituted “not more than 14 percent” for “less than 14 percent”.
- § 5383(b): Pub. L. 90–619, § 3(a), simplified production procedures and calculations, provided that the limitation on sweetening high acid wine is to be based upon the total solids content of the finished wine, authorized the use of liquid sugar but only to the extent that it did not increase the total volume of the finished wine above what it would be if the maximum authorized use had been made of dry sugar only, and inserted provisions making it clear that wine spirits may be added at more than one stage in the process of wine production.

## § 5384: Amelioration and sweetening limitations for natural fruit and berry wines

- § 5384(a): Pub. L. 90–619 substituted “not more than 14 percent” for “less than 14 percent”.

## § 5385: Specially sweetened natural wines

- § 5385(a): Pub. L. 90–619, § 3(b), substituted “not more than 14 percent” for “less than 14 percent”.
- § 5385(b): Pub. L. 90–619, § 4, authorized cellar treatment of specially sweetened natural wines, special natural wines, and agricultural wines.

## § 5386: Special natural wines

- § 5386(b): Pub. L. 90–619 inserted reference to subsec. (a) of section 5382.

## § 5387: Agricultural wines

- § 5387(a): Pub. L. 90–619 inserted reference to subsec. (a) of section 5382.
