| (1) | Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), no person shall without the written permission of the Authority— |
| (a) | add any must, sweet reserve or wine, whether obtained or produced in terms of an authority or not, to any must, sweet reserve or wine obtained or produced in terms of an authority, or blend it therewith; or |
| (b) | add any concentrated must to must, sweet reserve or wine obtained or produced in terms of an authority. |
| (2) | A permission referred to in subsection (1) shall not be required in the case of— |
| (a) | the addition of topping wine to wine in accordance with the provisions of section 17(4) of this Scheme; and |
| (b) | the combination of must, sweet reserve and, subject to the provisions of subsection (5) and section 23(4)(e) of the Scheme, wine obtained or produced in terms of different authorities, if— |
[Words preceding clause 20(2)(b)(i) substituted by regulation 14(a) of Notice No. R. 546 of 1993]
| (i) | it is fermented, kept, precipitated, treated, processed, prepared or matured in the same cellar; and |
| (ii) | the wines that could have been produced in terms of the respective authorities could have been certified in respect of the same particulars. |
(3)
| (a) | An application for a permission referred to in subsection (1) shall be made on a form obtainable from the Authority for this purpose. |
| (b) | Such application shall— |
| (i) | be made by the person intending to make such addition, combination or blend; and |
| (ii) | be lodged with the Authority at least three working days prior to the intended date of addition, combination or blending. |
| (c) | The applicable fee determined by the Authority for this purpose shall be payable in respect of such application. |
| (4) | Unless the Authority determines otherwise, the addition of sweet reserve to wine shall be approved only if— |
| (a) | it is to be thus added for purposes of sweetening; |
| (b) | in the case of an estate wine, that sweet reserve has also been obtained from grapes harvested on the relevant unit that is registered for the production of estate wine; |
[Clause 20(4)(b) substituted by regulation 16(a) of Notice No. R. 813 of 2006]
| (c) | in the case of a wine of origin, that sweet reserve has also been obtained from grapes harvested in the geographical unit, region, district or ward concerned; |
[Clause 20(4)(c) substituted by regulation 21(a) of Notice No. R. 835 of 2005]
| (d) | in the case of a cultivar wine, that sweet reserve— |
| (i) | has been obtained from grapes of the grape cultivar concerned; or |
| (ii) | is otherwise of such a nature that is will not alter the character that is distinctive of the cultivar wine concerned; |
| (e) | in the case of a vintage wine, that sweet reserve— |
| (i) | has been obtained from grapes harvested during the year concerned; or |
| (ii) | is otherwise of such a nature that it win not alter the character that is distinctive of the vintage wine concerned; and |
| (f) | in the case of a blanc de noir wine, that sweet reserve has been obtained from grapes of a vine cultivar specified in Table 2, or otherwise does not exceed five per cent of the volume of the blanc de noir wine concerned. |
| (g) | in the case of a single vineyard wine, that sweet reserve has also been obtained from grapes harvested on the relevant unit that is registered for the production of single vineyard wine. |
[Clause 20(4)(g) inserted by regulation 16(b) of Notice No. R. 813 of 2006]
| (5) | [Clause 20(5) deleted by regulation 5 of Notice No. R. 19 of 2001] |
| (6) | If the Authority approves an application referred to in subsection (3)— |
| (a) | the additional conditions and requirements determined by the Authority, that have to be complied with in connection with the addition, combination or blending concerned shall be indicated on the permission concerned; and |
| (b) | such permission shall, in the case of a blend be accompanied by a blending and bottling sheet. |
| (7) | The person in charge of the cellar at which an addition, combination or blending of must, sweet red serve or wine is done in accordance with the provisions of this section shall record the applicable particular thereof on the production sheet, stock sheet or blending and bottling sheet provided to him in terms of this Scheme, as well as on the wine record kept by him in terms of this Scheme: Provided that in the case of a combination, such particulars shall only be recorded on one of the sheets concerned. |
