[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 27CFR4.24]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 4--LABELING AND ADVERTISING OF WINE--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart C--Standards of Identity for Wine
 
Sec. 4.24  Generic, semi-generic, and non-generic designations of geographic significance.

    (a)(1) A name of geographic significance which is also the 
designation of a class or type of wine, shall be deemed to have become 
generic only if so found by the appropriate ATF officer.
    (2) Examples of generic names, originally having geographic 
significance, which are designations for a class or type of wine are: 
Vermouth, Sake.
    (b)(1) A name of geographic significance, which is also the 
designation of a class or type of wine, shall be deemed to have become 
semi-generic only if so found by the appropriate ATF officer. Semi-
generic designations may be used to designate wines of an origin other 
than that indicated by such name only if there appears in direct 
conjunction therewith an appropriate appellation of origin disclosing 
the true place of origin of the wine, and if the wine so designated 
conforms to the standard of identity, if any, for such wine contained in 
the regulations in this part or, if there be no such standard, to the 
trade understanding of such class or type. See Sec. 24.257(c) of this 
chapter for exceptions to the appropriate ATF officer's authority to 
remove names from paragraph (b)(2) of this section.
    (2) Examples of semi-generic names which are also type designations 
for grape wines are Angelica, Burgundy, Claret, Chablis, Champagne, 
Chianti, Malaga, Marsala, Madeira, Moselle, Port, Rhine Wine (syn. 
Hock), Sauterne, Haut Sauterne, Sherry, Tokay.
    (c)(1) A name of geographic significance, which has not been found 
by the appropriate ATF officer to be generic or semi-generic may be used 
only to designate wines of the origin indicated by such name, but such 
name shall not be deemed to be the distinctive designation of a wine 
unless the Director finds that it is known to the consumer and to the 
trade as the designation of a specific wine of a particular place or 
region, distinguishable from all other wines.
    (2) Examples of nongeneric names which are not distinctive 
designations of specific grape wines are: American, California, Lake 
Erie, Napa Valley, New York State, French, Spanish. Additional examples 
of foreign nongeneric names are listed in subpart C of part 12 of this 
chapter.
    (3) Examples of nongeneric names which are also distinctive 
designations of specific grape wines are: Bordeaux Blanc, Bordeaux 
Rouge, Graves, Medoc, Saint-Julien, Chateau Yquem, Chateau Margaux, 
Chateau Lafite, Pommard, Chambertin, Montrachet, Rhone, Liebfraumilch, 
Rudesheimer, Forster, Deidesheimer, Schloss Johannisberger, Lagrima, and 
Lacryma Christi. A list of foreign distinctive designations, as 
determined by the Director, appears in subpart D of part 12 of this 
chapter.

[T.D. 6521, 25 FR 13835, Dec. 29, 1960, as amended by T.D. ATF-296, 55 
FR 17967, Apr. 30, 1990; T.D. ATF-398, 63 FR 44783, Aug. 21, 1998; T.D. 
ATF-425, 65 FR 11890, 11891, Mar. 7, 2000]