Below 7 percent, part 4 does not reach the product.
The category was treated as the trigger
Cider and perry are named in the wine definition, which is why people stop reading. The naming is conditional on 7 to 24 percent alcohol by volume.
So a 5 percent cider was constrained unnecessarily
It is not wine under this part, so the standards of fill do not reach it. The bottle choice opens up.
Or an 8 percent cider was treated as unconstrained
Which is the dangerous direction. Over the line the list applies and a quart fill is not an authorized quantity.
The ceiling was forgotten
Not more than 24 percent either. A fortified product above that is outside the definition from the top.
And nonindustrial use was skipped
Both paragraphs of the definition carry it. It is a condition and not decoration.
Falling outside part 4 was read as falling outside everything
A product that is not wine under this part is labeled some other way, and nothing on these pages says which.
A category answer was used for a per-batch question
The alcohol content is a property of a particular fermentation. Two batches of the same recipe can land on different sides of the line.
The carbonation problem was conflated with it
Separate issue. The standards of fill apply to still and sparkling alike, and the closure gap in this catalog only reaches the sparkling ones.
And the closure gap was assumed to be a shelf problem
It is catalog-wide. There is no crown cap, swing top, cork or champagne hood anywhere in our catalog, which the beer property sets out in full.
And the two decisions were made in the wrong order
The bottle was chosen first and the recipe second, so the constraint arrived after the glass. A fermentation can be adjusted and a case of bottles cannot.
Settle the alcohol content, then the fill, then the bottle
Three decisions in that order. Each one narrows the next, and doing them backwards means discovering a constraint after the glass is bought.
References
27 CFR 4.10, definition of wine. Paragraph (2): "Other alcoholic beverages not so defined, but made in the manner of wine, including sparkling and carbonated wine, wine made from condensed grape must, wine made from other agricultural products than the juice of sound, ripe grapes, imitation wine, compounds sold as wine, vermouth, cider, perry, and sake, only if for nonindustrial use and containing not less than 7 percent and not more than 24 percent of alcohol by volume." Paragraph (1) applies the same 7 to 24 percent range to wine as defined in sections 610 and 617 of the Revenue Act of 1918.
law.cornell.edu27 CFR 4.72(a), authorized standards of fill, in the order printed: 3 liters, 2.25 liters, 1.8 liters, 1.5 liters, 1 liter, 750 milliliters, 720 milliliters, 700 milliliters, 620 milliliters, 600 milliliters, 568 milliliters, 550 milliliters, 500 milliliters, 473 milliliters, 375 milliliters, 360 milliliters, 355 milliliters, 330 milliliters, 300 milliliters, 250 milliliters, 200 milliliters, 187 milliliters, 180 milliliters, 100 milliliters, 50 milliliters. The section also provides that "Wine may be bottled or packed in containers of 4 liters or larger if the containers are filled and labeled in quantities of even liters (4 liters, 5 liters, 6 liters, etc.)", and that "The tolerances in fill are the same as are allowed by Sec. 4.37 in respect to statement of net contents on labels."
law.cornell.eduThe Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 19 October 2026. The 91 closures in this group: 57 continuous thread polypropylene lids, 12 metal or aluminum CT caps, 8 flip top caps, 5 PS CT lids, 3 spouted caps, 2 phenolic, 2 PP dome lids, 1 PS dome lid, 1 dairy lid. Checked catalog-wide on the same day, this catalog holds no crown cap, swing top, cork or champagne wire hood, so a sparkling or carbonated product cannot be closed from it. The beer property sets out that finding in full. Buyability, a snapshot: 12 of 14 containers available, 12 of 14 full case only, 2 quote only, with case packs of 12, 30, 48, 60, 72 and 102.
