Wine News: a Wine Act newsletter for wine businesses, verification agencies, and businesses involved with exporting wine

19 December 2025

Read about Christmas 2025 operating hours, MPI Trade Certification survey and tips, and organic wine exporting reminders.

31 October 2025

Read about MPI Trade Certification tips, the cost recovery consultation, organic wine exporting reminders, and the organic products legislation and consultation.

30 September 2025

Read about updates to the European Union wine Overseas Market Access Requirements (OMAR) – Amendment 9 and Great Britain wine OMAR – Amendment 3, and organic wine export deadlines and the Wine News survey.

28 July 2025

Read about onward certification requirements for the European Union, MPI Trade Certification, exporting organic wine, pregnancy warning labels for de-alcoholised wines, Exporter Help, and a reader satisfaction survey.

26 March 2025

Read about an important reminder for those exporting wine to Australia or Great Britain, who also require a VI-1 document to re-export to the European Union.

28 February 2025

Read about wine export and exemption guidance, labelling samples to send to the laboratory for chemistry testing and MPI Certification tips, requesting winemaker and packaging Wine Standards Management Plan confirmations and amending product information.

30 January 2025

Read about MPI Trade Certification, chemistry testing for Japan and China, organic certification and 'date of departure', grape variety list in MPI Trade Certification and combined nomenclature (CN) code format for exports to the European Union.

25 November 2024

Read about MPI Trade Certification, minor updates to the Integrated Wine Standards Management Plan (WSMP) model, and organic wine to Great Britain and MPI Trade Certification.

29 October 2024

Read about how to request MPI to make a wine standards management plan (WSMP) confirmation on behalf of a company that is no longer in business, MPI Approvals Christmas cut-off dates and MPI Trade Certification.

26 August 2024

Read about a survey to gain insights into the export of New Zealand grape wine through Wine e-Cert, an update on organic wine exported to the United States of America, and Wine e-Cert tips and MPI Trade Certification.

22 July 2024

Read about updates to the European Union wine Overseas Market Access Requirements - Amendment 7, an update to the permitted alcohol range for ‘wine’ exports to the European Union, and Wine e-Cert tips and MPI Trade Certification.

18 June 2024

Read about European Union ingredient list, VI-1 equivalent letter updates, changes to European Union chemical tolerances updated in Wine e-Cert, upcoming changes to the permitted alcohol range for ‘wine’ exports to the European Union and MPI Trade Certification.

16 May 2024

Read about updates to the European Union wine Overseas Market Access Requirements - Amendment 6, food importer newsletter and MPI Trade Certification.

12 April 2024

Read about queries on ingredient list requirements, clarification of wines exported for personal use and MPI Trade Certification.

26 February 2024

Read about updates to the European Union wine Overseas Market Access Requirements - Amendment 5, European Union ingredient list: video, queries from importers and MPI Trade certification.

29 January 2024

Read about the European Union ingredient listing: video, organic wine to China, organic wine to the United States of America and MPI Trade Certification.

11 December 2023

Read about updates to the European Union wine Overseas Market Access Requirements – Amendment 4, a Wine e-Cert release: European Union ingredient listing and an upcoming Wine e-Cert webinar: European Union ingredient listing.

20 November 2023

In the first edition of Wine News read about Wine e-Cert and MPI Trade Certification.