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PUBLIC LAW 85-859-SEPT. 2, 1958

[72 S T A T.

" (b) SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED TREATMENTS.—The practices and

procedures specifically enumerated in this subsection shall be deemed proper cellar treatment for natural wine: "(1) The preparation and use of pure concentrated or unconcentrated juice or must. Concentrated juice or must reduced with water to its original density or to not less than 22 degrees Brix or unconcentrated juice or must reduced with water to not less than 22 degrees Brix shall be deemed to be juice or must, and shall include such amounts of water to clear crushing equipment as regulations prescribed by the Secretary or his delegate may provide. "(2) The addition to natural wine, or to concentrated or unconcentrated juice or must, from one kind of fruit, of wine spirits (whether or not taxpaid) distilled in the United States from the same kind of fruit; except that (A) the wine, juice, or concentrate shall not have an alcoholic content in excess of 24 percent by volume after the addition of wine spirits, and (B) in the case of still wines, wine spirits may be added only to natural wines of the winemaker's own production made without added sugar or reserved as provided in sections 5383(b) and 5384 (b). "(3) Amelioration and sweetening of natural grape wines in accordance with section 5383. " (4) Amelioration and sweetening of natural wines from fruits other than grapes in accordance with section 5384. "(5) I n the case of effervescent wines, such preparations for refermentation and for dosage as may be acceptable in good commercial practice, but only if the alcoholic content of the finished product does not exceed 14 percent by volume. "(6) The natural darkening of the sugars or other elements in juice, must, or wine due to storage, concentration, heating processes, or natural oxidation. "(7) The blending of natural wines with each other or with heavy-bodied blending wine or with concentrated or unconcentrated juice, whether or not such juice contains wine spirits, if the wines, juice, or wine spirits are from the same kind of fruit. "(8) Such use of acids to correct natural deficiencies and stabilize the wine as may be acceptable in good commercial practice. "(c) OTHER AUTHORIZED TREATMENT.—The Secretary or his delegate may b ^ regulations prescribe limitations on the preparation and use of clarifying, stabilizing, preserving, fermenting, and corrective methods or materials, to the extent that such preparation or use is not acceptable in good commercial practice. "SEC. 5383. AMELIORATION AND SWEETENING LIMITATIONS FOR NATURAL GRAPE WINES. " (a) SWEETENING OF GRAPE W I N E S. — Any natural grape wine made

under this section may, if not in reserve inventory as hereinafter provided, be sweetened after fermentation and before taxpayment with pure dry sugar if the sugar solids content of the finished wine does not exceed 10 percent of the weight of the wine and the alcoholic content of the finished wine after sweetening is less than 14 percent by volume. " (b) H I G H ACID W I N E S. —

" (1) Any natural grape wine of a winemaker's own production may, under this subsection, be ameliorated to correct high acid content, and, whether or not ameliorated, may be reserved as herein provided. "(2) To wines produced under this subsection there may be added to the juice or to the wine, or both, before or during fermentation (including wines held pursuant to regulation in intermediate storage for completion of amelioration), ameliorat-

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