Title 26Internal Revenue CodeRelease 119-73

§5363 Taxpaid wine bottling house operations

Title 26 › Subtitle Subtitle E— - Alcohol, Tobacco, and Certain Other Excise Taxes › Chapter CHAPTER 51— - DISTILLED SPIRITS, WINES, AND BEER › Subchapter Subchapter F— - Bonded and Taxpaid Wine Premises › Part PART II— - OPERATIONS › § 5363

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Taxpaid wine‑bottling owners may, under Secretary rules, mix same‑kind, taxable‑grade wine; preserve/filter/clarify it; and run non‑wine work on the premises so long as it does not jeopardize revenue or conflict with wine operations.

Full Legal Text

Title 26, §5363

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In addition to the operations described in section 5352, the proprietor of a taxpaid wine bottling house may, subject to regulations issued by the Secretary, on such premises mix wine of the same kind and taxable grade to facilitate handling; preserve, filter, or clarify wine; and conduct operations not involving wine where such operations will not jeopardize the revenue or conflict with wine operations.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 5363, act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 665, consisted of provisions similar to those comprising this section, prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 85–859.

Amendments

1979—Pub. L. 96–39 struck out provision that this subchapter apply to any wine received on the bottling premises of any distilled spirits plant for bottling, packaging, or repackaging, and to all operations relative thereto and provision that section 5021, 5081, and 5082, not apply to the mixing or treatment of taxpaid wine under this section. 1976—Pub. L. 94–455 struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1979 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 96–39 effective Jan. 1, 1980, see section 810 of Pub. L. 96–39, set out as a note under section 5001 of this title.

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Citation

26 U.S.C. § 5363

Title 26Internal Revenue Code

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73