In the Government Gazette of 06 December 2013 a notice appeared in respect of the amendment of the Rules to the Customs and Excise Act No.91 of 1964 (DAR/128), which relate to wine manufacture. The insertion after Rule 35.05, of the following “35.06 (a) A licensee of a customs and excise warehouse or special customs and excise warehouse in which wine is manufactured, may only remove, or permit the removal of wine in bulk – (i) to the licensee of another such warehouse; (ii) to the licensee of a VMP warehouse contemplated in the rules numbered 19A3 for the primary production of spirits; (iii) to the licensee of a special customs and excise storage warehouse licensed for the storage of wine for export; or (iv) for direct export from that warehouse. (b) For the purpose of paragraph (a), “wine in bulk” means wine not in normal packaging for sale by retail.”