Wine Content Act - R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1099

Wine Content Act
Loi sur le contenu du vin

REGULATION 1099

Amended to O. Reg. 659/00

WINE BLENDING REQUIREMENTS

Note: This Regulation was revoked on January 1, 2001. See: O.Reg. 659/00, s. 4.

This Regulation is made in English only.

1.In this Regulation,

“year” means the twelve-month period from the 1st day of September to the 31st day of August. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1099, s. 1.

2.(1)A winery that sells or keeps for sale wine manufactured using imported grapes or grape product in accordance with the Act shall purchase a quota of Ontario grapes each year.

(2)The Wine Council of Ontario is designated as the body to determine the quota of grapes that must be purchased by a winery in each year.

(3)In establishing the annual quota for a winery, the Wine Council of Ontario shall determine the winery’s share of Ontario grape purchase.

(4)In each year, the Ontario grape purchase by all wineries shall be at least 25,000 tons (22,680 tonnes) of Ontario grapes of which at least 20,000 (18,144 tonnes) tons shall be of the vinifera and French hybrid varieties of grapes set out in the Schedule.

(5)If, in any year, 20,000 tons (18,144 tonnes) of Ontario grapes of the vinifera and French hybrid varieties set out in the Schedule are not available for purchase by the wineries, the Wine Council of Ontario shall make a proportional adjustment to each winery’s quota. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1099, s. 2.

3.(1)A winery that uses imported grapes or grape product in the manufacture of wine shall do so in combination with Ontario grapes or grape product. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1099, s. 3 (1).

(2)The contents of each brand of wine manufactured by a winery shall consist of no less than 25 per cent Ontario grapes or grape product. O.Reg. 384/91, s. 1.

(3)Despite subsection (2), the wineries may sell and the Liquor Control Board of Ontario may purchase brands of wine cellared between February 1, 1994 and January 31, 1995 that contain less than 25 per cent Ontario grapes or grape products if,

(a)20,000 tons (18,144 tonnes) of Ontario grapes of the vinifera and French hybrid varieties set out in the Schedule are not available for purchase by the wineries; and

(b)the percentage of Ontario grapes or grape products in the brands of wine reflects the current amount of Ontario grapes or grape products available to the wineries. O.Reg. 67/94, s. 1.

4.(1)Wine is classified as table wine if,

(a)it is manufactured by a winery using imported grapes or grape product;

(b)it does not, except for grapes of an American hybrid variety set out in the Schedule, include any labrusca grapes or grape product resulting from labrusca grapes; and

(c)it meets the requirement set out in subsection (2).

(2)For the purpose of clause (1) (c), the total volume, measured on the 30th day of November in the year the wine is manufactured, of wine from one tonne of grapes may not be more than 902 litres.

(3)A winery shall not call a wine a table wine unless it is classified as such. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1099, s. 4.

5.(1)No winery shall, in any year, add grapes grown out of Ontario or imported grape product into wine without notifying the Board at the start of the year, in writing, of its intention to do so.

(2)Every winery manufacturing wine using imported grapes or grape product shall,

(a)maintain a record of,

(i)the quantity of Ontario grapes or grape product acquired by the winery, and

(ii)the times that acquisitions of Ontario grapes or grape product;

(b)supply to the Board,

(i)a copy of each order that the winery has placed for grapes grown out of Ontario or imported grape product, within thirty days after placing the order,

(ii)the customs declaration and bills of lading for each order that the winery has placed for grapes grown out of Ontario or imported grape product, within thirty days after receiving the documents,

(iii)at the request of the Board, samples of the imported grapes and grape product referred to in subclauses (i) and (ii) sufficient for analysis, and

(iv)at the request of the Board, evidence that the winery has purchased its quota of grapes.

(3)The records required under clause (2) (a) shall be kept for twenty-four months after the entry was made. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1099, s. 5.

Schedule

French Hybrids—Red (Vinifera Hybrid)

Baco Noir, Cascade, Chambourcin, Chancellor, Seibel 13053, Villard Noir, De Chaunac, Chelois, Rosette, Marechal Foch, Leon Millot, Le Commandant, Castel, B.S. 2846, Landot, Colobel.

French Hybrids—White (Vinifera Hybrid)

Aurore, Seibel 8229, Seibel 10868, Seibel 13047, Verdelet, Seyve-Villard 172, S.V. 23-512, Seyval Blanc, Vidal 256, Siegfried Rebe, Couderc 29935, Florental, Cayuga White, Vee Blanc, V50201, Vivant, JS23-0416, V65-232, Canada Muscat, N.Y. Muscat.

Vinifera

J. Riesling, Welch Riesling, Bacchus, Kerner, Scheurebe.

Gamay, Aligote.

Chardonnay.

Auyerrios, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Gewurztraminer, Merlot, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir.

American Hybrids

Delaware, Duchess, Alden, Vincent.

R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1099, Sched.