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Exporting wine

If you export wine (grape wine, fruit wine, vegetable wine, cider or mead) you need to meet the requirements of the Wine Act 2003.

The Wine Act aims to facilitate wine exports by:

• ensuring the safety of New Zealand-made wine

• safeguarding the reputation of New Zealand wine in overseas markets. This is done by setting export eligibility requirements.

• enabling entry of New Zealand wine into markets that require official export certificates. These documents are issued by NZFSA.

For the objectives of the Wine Act 2003, see section 3 of the Act.
Wine Act 2003

Export requirements for wine

There are 2 different types of export requirements under the Wine Act.

General requirements

All wine exporters must meet these requirements.

General duties of all wine exporters

Export requirements specific to your wine type

There are different requirements depending on whether you export NZ grape wine or other types of wine.

Export requirements for New Zealand grape wine

Export requirements for non-New Zealand grape wine, fruit or vegetable wine, cider or mead

Related links

• Fees, charges and funding - Wine for export

• Laboratories for export wine analysis

• Wine industry regulation – what it means for you

• Wine legislation

Last updated 6 July 2009