Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) For subsection 40F (5A) of the Act, if:
(a) wine is made using grapes that were harvested in more than one vintage; and
(b) the description and presentation of the wine refers to one or more of those vintages;
the description and presentation of the wine must refer to all of the vintages 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 as being of one vintage if it consists of at least 850ml/L of a variety, or varieties, of grape harvested in that vintage.
(3) For the purposes of subregulation (2), 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.