Countries With Enological Practices Agreements With The United States

Thirty-six (36) countries currently have enological practices agreements with the United States.

• Based on the enological agreement between the United States and the eight (8) countries listed below, natural grape wines containing 7 to 24 percent alcohol by volume imported from these countries are not subject to certification requirements:
  
  Argentina
  Australia
  Canada
  Chile
  Georgia
  New Zealand
  South Africa
  Uruguay

• Based on the enological practices agreement between the United States and the European Union, natural grape wines containing 0.5 to 22 percent alcohol by volume imported from the twenty-eight (28) countries listed below are not subject to certification requirements:
  
  Austria
  Belgium
  Bulgaria
  Croatia
  Cyprus
  Czech Republic
  Denmark
  Estonia
  Finland
  France
  Germany
  Greece
  Hungary
  Ireland
  Italy
  Latvia
  Lithuania
  Luxembourg
  Malta
  Poland
  Portugal
  Romania
  Slovak Republic
  Slovenia
  Spain
  Sweden
  The Netherlands
  United Kingdom

NOTE: Based on these agreements, the wine certification exception applies ONLY to natural grape wines containing 7 to 24 percent alcohol by volume imported from the first list of 8 countries and natural grape wines containing 0.5 to 22 percent alcohol by volume imported from the second list of 28 countries. Natural grape wines from the first list of 8 countries containing less than 7 percent alcohol by volume, natural grape wines from the second list of 28 countries containing over 22 percent alcohol by volume, and natural fruit wines from any of the above-listed countries are not exempt from certification requirements.