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Liquor Products Act, 1989 (Act No. 60 of 1989)

Notices

Wine of Origin Scheme

21. Requirements relating to containers

 

(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), no person shall use containers for the bottling of wine intended for certification, unless—
(a) the containers concerned are manufactured from glass; and
(b) the capacity of those containers does—
(i) in the case of sparkling wines, not exceed three litres each;
(ii) in the case of containers that are exact enlargements according to scale of the traditional claret, hock or burgundy bottle and are provided with cork closures, not exceed five litres each; and
(iii) otherwise not exceed two litres each.

 

(2) The Authority may on application grant written exemption from the provisions of subsection (1).