Liquor Products Act, 1989 (Act No. 60 of 1989)NoticesEstate Brandy Scheme8. Pressing of grapes |
(1)
| (a) | All processes in connection with the pressing and further processing of grapes in respect of which an authority was issued, to wine shall be performed in a cellar on the estate concerned. |
| (b) | Such cellar shall not be used for any purpose other than to process grapes harvested on the estate concerned into grape juice, wine or brandy. |
(2)
| (a) | A participant shall notify the Authority at least one working day beforehand of the date on which the pressing of the grapes concerned will commence. |
| (b) | Such notice shall also specify— |
| (i) | the reference number of the production sheet issued in respect of the grapes concerned; |
| (ii) | the designation of the vine cultivar of the grapes concerned; and |
| (iii) | the address of the premises at which the grapes concerned will be pressed. |
| (3) | A participant shall— |
| (a) | during the course of each working day record the applicable particulars in connection with the grapes pressed during that working day in duplicate on a press register approved by the Authority for this purpose; |
| (b) | daily determine the total mass of the grapes of which particulars were thus recorded, and record such total on the press register concerned; |
| (c) | record the relevant particulars on the production sheet concerned; and |
| (d) | maintain a wine record approved by the Authority for this purpose, in respect of the must and wine obtained from the grapes concerned. |
(4)
| (a) | Separate pages of a press register referred to in subsection (3)(a) shall be used to record the particulars in respect of grapes pressed by virtue of different authorities. |
| (b) | Such press register shall be retained at the premises where the grapes concerned were pressed until the brandy produced from those grapes has been certified or sold otherwise. |
| (c) | The Authority may demand that the original pages in such press register be furnished to it. |