{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wine-regulations-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wine-regulations-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/2936",
  "legislation_title": "The Wine Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wine-regulations-2011",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Applicable requirements for wine other than quality sparkling wine",
  "text": "(1) The applicable requirements for wine other than quality sparkling wine are as follows.\n(2) The wine must come from a batch of wine—\n(a) for which the maximum yield for each hectare of land cultivated with vines for producing the wine was 80 hectolitres;\n(b) for which the vines were grown at or below 220 metres above sea level;\n(c) that has been organoleptically tested to be free from taints; and\n(d) that meets the standards set out in the following table.\nStandards for wine other than quality sparkling wine (PDOs)\nFactor\nStandard to be met\nNatural alcohol\nA minimum of 6% before enrichment.\nActual alcoholic strength\n8.5% in the case of wine having a natural alcoholic strength of less than 10%.\nTotal alcoholic strength\nA minimum of 9%.\nTotal acidity\nA minimum of 4 grams per litre expressed as tartaric acid.\nVolatile acidity\nIn the case of grape must in fermentation, a maximum of 18 milliequivalents per litre;\nIn the case of white and rosé wine, a maximum of 18 milliequivalents per litre;\nIn the case of red wine, a maximum of 20 milliequivalents per litre.\nTotal sulphur dioxide\nIn the case of wine with more than 45 grams per litre of residual sugar, a maximum of 300 milligrams per litre;\nIn the case of red wine with less than 45 grams per litre but not less than 5 grams per litre of residual sugar, a maximum of 200 milligrams per litre;\nIn the case of white or rosé wine with less than 45 grams per litre, but not less than 5 grams per litre of residual sugar, a maximum of 250 milligrams per litre;\nIn the case of red wine with less than 5 grams per litre of residual sugar, a maximum of 150 milligrams per litre;\nIn the case of white or rosé wine with less than 5 grams per litre of residual sugar, a maximum of 200 milligrams per litre.\nFree sulphur dioxide\nIn the case of a dry wine, a maximum of 45milligrams per litre;\nIn the case of any other wine, a maximum of 60 milligrams per litre.\nCopper\nA maximum of 0.5 milligrams per litre.\nIron\nA maximum of 8 milligrams per litre.\nSterility\nThere must be no indication of yeasts or bacteria likely to cause spoilage.\nProtein stability\nThe wine must remain unchanged in appearance after being held at 70°C for 15 minutes and subsequently cooled to 20°C.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 omitted (N.I.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 14(10)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2936/schedule/2/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:48:03.686387+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}