[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR4.70]

[Page 43]
 
            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 H_Standards of Fill for Wine
 
Sec.  4.70  Application.


    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, no person 
engaged in business as a producer, rectifier, blender, importer, or 
wholesaler of wine, directly or indirectly or through an affiliate, 
shall sell or ship or deliver for sale or shipment, or otherwise 
introduce in interstate or foreign commerce, or receive therein, or 
remove from customs custody, any wine unless such wine is bottled or 
packed in the standard wine containers herein prescribed.
    (b) Sections 4.70 through 4.73 do not apply to:
    (1) Sake;
    (2) Wine packed in containers of 18 liters or more;
    (3) Imported wine in the original containers in which entered 
customs custody if the wine was bottled or packed before January 1, 
1979; or
    (4) Wine domestically bottled or packed, either in or out of customs 
custody, before October 24, 1943, if the container, or the label on the 
container, bears a conspicuous statement of the net contents, and if the 
actual capacity of the container is not substantially less than the 
apparent capacity upon visual examination under ordinary conditions of 
purchase or use.
    (c) Section 4.73 does not apply to wine domestically bottled or 
packed, either in or out of customs custody, before January 1, 1979, if 
the wine was bottled or packed according to the standards of fill 
prescribed by Sec.  4.72.

[T.D. ATF-12, 39 FR 45222, Dec. 31, 1974, as amended by T.D. ATF-49, 43 
FR 19848, May 9, 1978; T.D. ATF-76, 46 FR 1727, Jan. 7, 1981]