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    This document discusses oversight, labeling, and trade requirements for organic wine. It states that wine labeled as organic must be certified by a certifying agent and meet strict criteria including using only certified organic grapes and other agricultural ingredients. Wine labeled as made with organic grapes must contain 100% organic grapes but other ingredients don't need to be organic. The US has trade partnerships with other countries like Canada and the EU to allow organic wine certified in one country to be sold as organic in another.

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    This document discusses oversight, labeling, and trade requirements for organic wine. It states that wine labeled as organic must be certified by a certifying agent and meet strict criteria including using only certified organic grapes and other agricultural ingredients. Wine labeled as made with organic grapes must contain 100% organic grapes but other ingredients don't need to be organic. The US has trade partnerships with other countries like Canada and the EU to allow organic wine certified in one country to be sold as organic in another.

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    This document discusses oversight, labeling, and trade requirements for organic wine. It states that wine labeled as organic must be certified by a certifying agent and meet strict criteria including using only certified organic grapes and other agricultural ingredients. Wine labeled as made with organic grapes must contain 100% organic grapes but other ingredients don't need to be organic. The US has trade partnerships with other countries like Canada and the EU to allow organic wine certified in one country to be sold as organic in another.

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    ORGANIC WINE: OVERSIGHT, LABELING + TRADE

    Organic products have strict production and labeling If you make wine and want to claim
    requirements. For example, organic products must be: that it or its grapes are organic, it must be overseen by a
    certifying agent*.
    -- Produced without excluded methods (e.g., genetic
    engineering), ionizing radiation, or sewage sludge. If you are not certified, you must not make any organic
    -- Produced per the National List of Allowed and claim on the principal display panel or use the USDA
    Prohibited Substances (National List). organic seal anywhere on the label*. You may only, on
    -- Overseen by an organic certifying agent. the information panel, identify the certified organic
    ingredients as organic and state the percentage of
    certified organic ingredients.
    OVERSIGHT + APPROVAL
    *Some operations are exempt from certification. See
    The USDA National Organic Program (NOP) accredits http://1.usa.gov/organic-certification.
    third-party certifying agents to assess organic farms’
    and business’ compliance with the USDA organic If you are uncertified, you may include an ingredient
    regulations. Additional certifying agents are authorized statement identifying certified organic ingredients
    by trade partnerships (see other side). (e.g., organic yeast) on the label. You don’t have to work
    directly with a certifying agent, but you must obtain a
    Organic alcoholic beverages must also meet the copy of that ingredient’s organic certificate and submit it
    Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) to TTB along with your COLA application.
    regulations, including specific sulfite labeling
    requirements (see labeling categories below). To
    ensure compliance, a certified operation’s alcohol “ORGANIC” WINE
    labels must be approved through the following steps
    prior to sale of the organic alcohol product: Wine sold, labeled, or represented as “organic” must
    meet these criteria:
    1. Certifying agent reviews the alcohol label(s) to -- All grapes and other agricultural ingredients
    assess compliance with USDA organic regulations. (including yeast, if commercially available) must be
    2. Certifying agent stamps/signs label(s), verifying certified organic, except those on the National List.
    compliance with USDA organic regulations. -- Non-agricultural ingredients must be specifically
    3. TTB permitee (organic operation) completes the allowed on the National List and may not exceed a
    Certificate of Label Approval (COLA) application. combined 5 percent of the total product (excluding
    4. TTB permitee submits COLA application and salt and water).
    label(s) approved by the certifying agent to TTB. -- Sulfur dioxide (sulfites) may not be added.
    No longer requires a copy of the organic certificate. -- Labels must state the name of the certifying agent
    http://bit.ly/ttb-documentation (certified organic by *** or similar).

    Can I use the word “organic” on a wine Wine labels may include the USDA organic seal
    label without being certified organic? and be sold, labeled, or represented as organic.

    National Organic Program | Agricultural Marketing Service | U.S. Department of Agriculture December 2012
    ORGANIC WINE: OVERSIGHT, LABELING + TRADE (continued)

    WINE MADE WITH ORGANIC GRAPES -- Canada -- European Union (EU)


    -- Japan -- Taiwan
    Wine sold, labeled, or represented as being “made with
    organic grapes” must meet these criteria: Exporting USDA Organic Wine to the EU*
    -- 100 percent of all grapes (of all varietals) must be Organic wine and wine “made with” organic grapes may
    certified organic. be sold to the EU if:
    -- Any remaining agricultural ingredients (e.g., -- The wine contains 100 percent organic grapes, other
    yeast) are not required to be organic, but must be organic ingredients, and non-organic substances
    produced without excluded methods (see other specifically allowed per the National List.
    side). -- The wine was produced only using the winemaking
    -- Any non-agricultural ingredients must be practices and substances detailed in the EU organic
    specifically allowed on the National List. regulations: http://bit.ly/eu-organicwine.
    -- Sulfur dioxide (sulfites) may be added to yield less
    than 100 parts per million in finished grape wine, IMPORTS INTO THE U.S.
    but may not be added to wine “made with” other
    In general, organic products certified in these markets
    organic fruit (e.g., apples).
    may be exported to the United States:
    -- Labels must state the name of the certifying agent
    (certified organic by *** or similar). -- Canada -- EU*

    Labels may not include the USDA organic seal. Many USDA-authorized certifying agents operate in
    foreign countries. This allows USDA organic products
    Label may state, “made with organic grapes.” from over 100 countries to be imported to the U.S.

    Importing Organic Wine from the EU*


    TRADE CONSIDERATIONS
    EU organic wine may be imported to the U.S. if the wine
    USDA has trade partnerships with multiple countries. meets the desired labeling category’s requirements:
    These partnerships allow organic products certified in -- Organic wine. Wine must meet the requirements
    one country to be sold as organic in the other. highlighted in the “organic wine” section (other side).
    Examples of prohibited substances include sulfur
    All traded products must meet the labeling dioxide (sulfites) and potassium metabisulfite.
    requirements in the destination country and any other
    terms of the arrangement. To learn more about specific -- Wine “made with“ organic grapes. Wine must meet
    trade partnerships and their requirements, visit the requirements highlighted in the “made with
    www.ams.usda.gov/NOPInternationalAgreements. organic grapes” section above. Substances not
    specifically allowed (e.g., potassium metabisulfite)
    may not be used.
    EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES (U.S.)
    In general, organic products meeting the terms of the *Products traded under the U.S./EU trade partnership
    trade arrangement may be exported to the following must be accompanied by an import certificate signed by
    markets: an authorized certifying agent.

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