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PUBLIC LAW 86-869-SEPT. 2, 1968

" (b) LIMITATIONS.—No wine spirits may be added to wines produced under this section, nor shall any coloring material or herbs or other flavoring material (except hops in the case of honey wine) be used in their production. "(c) RESTRICTION ON BLENDING.—Wines from different agricultural commodities shall not be blended together. "SEC. 5388. DESIGNATION OF WINES. " (a) STANDARD WINES.—Standard wines may be removed from

premises subject to the provisions of this subchapter and be marked, transported, and sold under their proper designation as to kind and origin, or, if there is no such designation known to the trade or consumers, then under a truthful and adequate statement of composition. " (b) OTHER WINES.—Wines other than standard wines may be removed for consumption or sale and be marked, transported, or sold only under such designation as to kind and origin as adequately describes the true composition of such products and as adequately distinguish them from standard wines, as regulations prescribed by the Secretary or his delegate shall provide. "PART IV—GENERAL "Sec. 5391. Exemption from rectifying and spirits taxes. "Sec. 5392. Definitions. "SEC. 5391. EXEMPTION FROM RECTIFYING AND SPIRITS TAXES.

"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the taxes imposed by sections 5001 and 5021 on distilled spirits generally and on rectified spirits and wines shall not, except as provided in this subchapter, be assessed, levied, or collected from the proprietor of any bonded wine cellar with respect to his use or treatment of wine, or use of wine spirits in wine production, in such premises, nor shall such proprietor, by reason of such treatment or use, be deemed to be a rectifier within the meaning of section 5082; except that, whenever wine or wine spirits are used in violation of this subchapter, the applicable tax imposed by sections 5001 and 5021 shall be collected unless the proprietor satisfactorily shows that such wine or wine spirits were not knowingly used in violation of law. "SEC. 5392. DEFINITIONS. " (a) STANDARD W I N E. — For purposes of this subchapter the term

'standard wine' means natural wine, specially sweetened natural wine, special natural wine, and standard agricultural wine, produced in accordance with the provisions of sections 5381, 5385, 5386, and 5387, respectively. "(b) HEAVY BODIED BLENDING W I N E. — For purposes of this subchapter the term 'heavy bodied blending wine' means wine made from fruit without added sugar, and with or without added wine spirits, and conforming to the definition of natural wine in all respects except as to maximum total solids content. "(c) PURE SUGAR.—For purposes of this subchapter the term 'pure sugar' means pure refined cane or beet sugar, or pure refined anhydrous or monohydrate dextrose sugar, of not less than 95 percent purity calculated on a dry basis. Invert sugar s^rup produced from such pure sugar by recognized methods of inversion may be used to prepare any sugar syrup, or solution of water and pure sugar, authorized in this subchapter. " (d) TOTAL SOLIDS.—For purposes of this subchapter the term 'total solids', in the case of wine, means the degrees Brix of the dealcoholized wine.

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