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What this covers The sizes are a closed list, then a rule Which is a different shape from spirits The label splits in two And sulfites have their own placement Then the prohibited practices The geographic rule is the one to read first And the Government Warning applies What we can honestly supply References

The brand name is part of the regulated label, which is not true in most of this library.

What this covers

Still wine, sparkling wine, fruit wine, wine spritzer and boxed wine. Five products sharing one regulatory part and one set of authorized sizes.

The sizes are a closed list, then a rule

Twenty-five authorized metric standards of fill from 3 litres down to 50 millilitres. Above three litres the list ends and a rule begins: 4 litres or larger, filled and labeled in even litres.

Which is a different shape from spirits

Distilled spirits has a flat list of twenty-five sizes and nothing above the top of it. Wine has a list and then an open-ended arithmetic test, which is what makes bag-in-box and large-format wine possible.

The label splits in two

The brand label carries the brand name and the class and type designation. The name and address, the net contents and the alcohol content may sit on any label on the container, which is more freedom than spirits gets.

And sulfites have their own placement

Where sulfur dioxide is detected at 10 parts per million or more, a declaration appears on a front, back, strip or neck label. Four permitted locations, named.

Then the prohibited practices

This is where wine labeling gets its character. No misleading impression, no health claims, "old" only as part of a brand name, and no foreign quality terms such as Qualitatswein or Kabinett on American wine.

The geographic rule is the one to read first

A brand name with geographic significance may not be used unless the wine meets the appellation requirements for that area, or the label carries a qualifying statement. Naming a winery after a place is a regulated act.

And the Government Warning applies

Exactly as it does to spirits, with the same type size table and the same requirement that the label resist removal without water or solvent. The spirits property covers it in full.

What we can honestly supply

145 containers, 20 of them at an authorized size, no cork finish and no capsules. For a bottled wine the right supplier is a glass house. What is on these pages is the craft rather than the shelf.

References

27 CFR 4.72, metric standards of fill for wine. Twenty-five authorized sizes from 3 litres down to 50 millilitres, including 3 L, 2.25 L, 1.8 L, 1.5 L, 1 L and 750 mL. Above 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.)." law.cornell.edu

27 CFR 4.32, mandatory label information for wine. The brand label carries the brand name and the class, type or other designation. The name and address, the net contents and the alcohol content may appear on any label on the container. A sulfite declaration, "Contains sulfites" or an equivalent statement, appears on a front, back, strip or neck label where sulfur dioxide is detected at 10 parts per million or more. law.cornell.edu

27 CFR 4.39, prohibited practices. No statement "that is false or untrue in any particular, or that... tends to create a misleading impression"; no health statement untrue or misleading "as to the effects on health of alcohol consumption"; "old" permitted only as part of a brand name; a brand name of geographic significance only where the wine meets the appellation requirements or the label carries a qualifying statement; and no foreign terms denoting quality under foreign law, the regulation naming "Qualitatswein" and "Kabinett", on American wine. law.cornell.edu

The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 18 October 2026. The wine shelf is 328 rows: 145 containers and 183 closures, 124 PET and 21 glass, from 250 to 976 mL with a median of 473. Twenty of the 145 sit at an authorized standard of fill: 13 at 250 mL, 6 at 500 mL and 1 at 750 mL. No cork finish, no crown finish and no capsules.

Written from 27 CFR 4.32, 4.39 and 4.72, and from the catalog as it stood on 18 October 2026. Wine is federally permitted, separately regulated by every state, and subject to label approval; permits, formula approval and appellation determinations are outside what these pages cover.