[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
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[CITE: 27CFR4.24]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 4_LABELING AND ADVERTISING OF WINE--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart C_Standards of Identity for Wine
 
Sec.  4.24  Generic, semi-generic, and non-generic designations of geographic significance.

    (a)(1) A name of geographic significance which is also the 
designation of a class or type of wine, shall be deemed to have become 
generic only if so found by the Administrator.
    (2) Examples of generic names, originally having geographic 
significance, which are designations for a class or type of wine are: 
Vermouth, Sake.
    (b)(1) A name of geographic significance, which is also the 
designation of a class or type of wine, shall be deemed to have become 
semi-generic only if so found by the Administrator. Semi-generic 
designations may be used to designate wines of an origin other than that 
indicated by such name only if there appears in direct conjunction 
therewith an appropriate appellation of origin disclosing the true place 
of origin of the wine, and if the wine so designated conforms to the 
standard of identity, if any, for such wine contained in the regulations 
in this part or, if there be no such standard, to the trade 
understanding of such class or type. See Sec.  24.257(c) of this chapter 
for exceptions to the Administrator's authority to remove names from 
paragraph (b)(2) of this section.
    (2) Examples of semi-generic names which are also type designations 
for grape wines are Angelica, Burgundy, Claret, Chablis, Champagne, 
Chianti, Malaga, Marsala, Madeira, Moselle, Port, Rhine Wine (syn. 
Hock), Sauterne, Haut Sauterne, Sherry, Tokay.
    (c)(1) A name of geographic significance, which has not been found 
by the Administrator to be generic or semi-generic may be used only to 
designate wines of the origin indicated by such name, but such name 
shall not be deemed to be the distinctive designation of a wine unless 
the Administrator finds that it is known to the consumer and to the 
trade as the designation of a specific wine of a particular place or 
region, distinguishable from all other wines.
    (2) Examples of nongeneric names which are not distinctive 
designations of specific grape wines are: American, California, Lake 
Erie, Napa Valley, New York State, French, Spanish. Additional examples 
of foreign nongeneric names are listed in subpart C of part 12 of this 
chapter.
    (3) Examples of nongeneric names which are also distinctive 
designations of specific grape wines are: Bordeaux Blanc, Bordeaux 
Rouge, Graves, Medoc, Saint-Julien, Chateau Yquem, Chateau Margaux, 
Chateau Lafite, Pommard, Chambertin, Montrachet, Rhone, Liebfraumilch, 
Rudesheimer, Forster, Deidesheimer, Schloss Johannisberger, Lagrima, and 
Lacryma Christi. A list of foreign distinctive designations, as 
determined by the Administrator, appears in subpart D of part 12 of this 
chapter.

[T.D. 6521, 25 FR 13835, Dec. 29, 1960, as amended by T.D. ATF-296, 55 
FR 17967, Apr. 30, 1990; T.D. ATF-398, 63 FR 44783, Aug. 21, 1998; T.D. 
ATF-425, 65 FR 11890, 11891, Mar. 7, 2000]