Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) For subsection 40F (5A) of the Act, if:
(a) wine is made from a blend of grapes that come from different regions that have:
(i) if the wine is produced in Australia or an agreement country — registered geographical indications; or
(ii) in any other case — geographical indications; and
(b) the description and presentation of the wine refers to one or more of those indications;
the description and presentation of the wine must set out the names of all of the indications in descending order of the proportions of the relevant grapes in the wine.
(2) In spite of subregulation (1), wine may be described and presented using a particular registered geographical indication if:
(a) it is produced in Australia or an agreement country; and
(b) it consists of at least 850ml/L of a variety or varieties of grape that comes from a region that has that registered geographical indication.
(3) In spite of subregulation (1), wine may be described and presented using a particular geographical indication if:
(a) it is not produced in Australia or an agreement country; and
(b) it consists of at least 850ml/L of a variety or varieties of grape that comes from a region that has that geographical indication.
(4) In spite of subregulation (1), wine may be described and presented using particular registered geographical indications if:
(a) it is produced in Australia or an agreement country; and
(b) it consists of at least 950ml/L of a blend of varieties of grape that come from no more than 3 regions that have those registered geographical indications; and
(c) it includes at least 50ml/L of each of those varieties.
(5) In spite of subregulation (1), wine may be described and presented using particular geographical indications if:
(a) it is not produced in Australia or an agreement country; and
(b) it consists of at least 950ml/L of a blend of varieties of grape that come from no more than 3 regions that have those geographical indications; and
(c) it includes at least 50ml/L of each of those varieties.
(6) For the purposes of this regulation, the volume of grapes in a fortified wine is to be calculated exclusive of the grape spirit or brandy (or both) added to the wine.