Wines of Marked Quality Regulation (B.C. Reg. 79/2005).

The present Regulation enacts section 11 of the Agri-Food Choice and Quality Act. In particular, the Regulation lays down provisions relating to quality wine. Section 2 establishes that the British Columbia Wine Authority is appointed as the administrator of the wines of marked quality programme to certify producers as meeting the prescribed standards for the use of prescribed terms in respect of BC wines of distinction, and to administer the prescribed standards. Furthermore, the authority must establish a Wine Industry Advisory Committee consisting of up to 7 individuals elected by the members of the authority for the terms specified by the authority. The text deals, inter alia, with the following matters: entitlement to use prescribed terms for wines, additional purposes of authority, manager, insurance, register, issue of certificates, payment of fees for certification, additional duties of the Authority, winery inspection, grape varieties, use of sweet reserve, prohibition of the addition of water, acidification, deacidification, criteria for use of geographical indications, development of new geographical indications and subdivisions, criteria for the use of the name of a vineyard, criteria for use of “estate bottled”, criteria for use of vintage date, nouveau wine.