ontario regulation 63/14

made under the

Vintners Quality Alliance Act, 1999

Made: February 24, 2014
Approved: March 11, 2014
Filed: March 14, 2014
Published on e-Laws: March 14, 2014
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: March 29, 2014

Amending O. Reg. 406/00

(RULES OF VINTNERS QUALITY ALLIANCE ONTARIO RELATING TO TERMS FOR VQA WINE)

1. Column 2 of item 2 of Table 2 of Ontario Regulation 406/00 under the subheading “Wine Categories” in Column 1 is amended by striking out “The residual sugar at bottling shall result exclusively from the natural sugar of the grapes and shall be not less than 125 g/L” and substituting “The residual sugar at bottling shall result exclusively from the natural sugar of the grapes and shall be not less than 100 g/L”.

2. Table 3 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “more than 125 g/L” in Column 2 under the heading “Icewine” and substituting “more than 100 g/L”.

Commencement

3. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.

Made by:

Vintners Quality Alliance Ontario:

Newman Smith

Treasurer

Paul Speck

Vice-Chair

Date made: February 24, 2014.

I approve this Regulation.

Tracy MacCharles

Minister of Consumer Services

Date approved: March 11, 2014.