Current through Pub. L. 119-100Open in workspace

§ 5381 Natural wine

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 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.

(Added Pub. L. 85–859, title II, § 201, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1383; amended Pub. L. 96–39, title VIII, § 807(a)(48), July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 288.)

Operative text only. Editorial notes, amendment history, and effective dates: official OLRC text of § 5381