Editing Chaptalization (section)

==Current legality==
[[Image:Toasting Champagne.jpg|right|thumb|Chaptalization is standard in the production of [[Champagne (wine)|champagne]].]]
Control of chaptalization is fairly strict in many countries, and generally only permitted in more northerly areas where grapes might not ripen enough. In the [[European Union]], the amount of chaptalization allowed depends on the [[European Union wine growing zones|wine growing zone]].
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! [[European Union wine growing zones|Zone]]
! Allowable increase<ref name="CMO 08"/>
! Maximum [[Alcohol by volume|ABV]] from chaptalization<ref name="CMO 08"/>
|-
! A
| 3%&nbsp;ABV (24&nbsp;[[gram|g]]/[[liter|L]])<ref name="GWI">{{cite web |url=http://www.deutscheweine.de/icc/Internet-EN/nav/faf/faf7d719-ffe4-01e7-6cd4-61d7937aae22 |title=Quality categories |publisher=German Wine Institute |year=2003 |access-date=2008-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731181124/http://www.deutscheweine.de/icc/internet-en/nav/faf/faf7d719-ffe4-01e7-6cd4-61d7937aae22 |archive-date=2008-07-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| 11.5% (white), 12% (red)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/euwineregs.pdf | title=Guide to EU Wine Regulations | publisher=UK Food Standards Agency | access-date=2008-11-21 | date=October 2005 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207123959/http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/euwineregs.pdf | archive-date=2012-02-07 }}</ref>
|-
! B
| 2%&nbsp;ABV (16&nbsp;[[gram|g]]/[[liter|L]])
| 12% (white), 12.5% (red)
|-
! C
| 1.5%&nbsp;ABV (12&nbsp;[[gram|g]]/[[liter|L]])<br>'''Zero''' in Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus, and regions of southern France
| 12.5%&ndash;13.5% depending on region
|}

Dispensation to add another 0.5% ABV may be given in years when climatic conditions have been exceptionally unfavorable.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=PRES/07/294&format=HTML&aged=0&lg=en&guiLanguage=en | title=Europa.eu, Press releases rapid: Agriculture and Fisheries | publisher=European Parliament | date=2007-12-17 | access-date=2008-11-21}}</ref> National wine regulations may further restrict or ban chaptalization for certain classes of wine.

In some areas, such as Germany, wine regulations dictate that the wine makers must [[wine label|label]] whether or not the wines are "natural," i.e. without sugar. Other areas, such as France, do not have such label requirements.<ref name="Johnson p 395"/>

In the [[United States]], federal law permits chaptalization when producing natural grape wine from juice with low sugar content.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2004/aprqtr/pdf/27cfr24.177.pdf | title=United States Federal Regulations, Title 27, Section 24.177 | publisher=Department of the Treasury | year=2004 }}</ref> This allows chaptalization in cooler states such as [[Oregon]], or in states such as [[Florida]] where the native grape ([[Muscadine]]) is naturally low in sugar. However, individual states may still create their own regulations; California, for example, prohibits chaptalization,<ref name="Phillips p 198"/> although California winemakers may add grape [[concentrate]].<ref>{{cite web |author1=Herbst, Ron |author2=Herbst, Sharon Tyler | title=Wine Dictionary - chaptalization | url=http://www.epicurious.com/tools/winedictionary/entry?id=5845 | publisher=Barron's Educational Services, Inc | year=1995}}</ref>

===Countries and regions===
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''Countries and regions where chaptalization is permitted''
*[[Brazil]]<ref>[https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Leis/1980-1988/L7678.htm Brazil Federal Law 7678/1988 {{in lang|pt}}]</ref><ref>[https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/decreto/1990-1994/D99066.htm Brazil Federal Decree 99066/1990 {{in lang|pt}}]</ref>
*[[Canada]]<ref name="Robinson p 81"/>
*[[Chile]]<ref name="Robinson p 81"/>
*[[China]]<ref name="Robinson p 81"/>
*[[France]]: [[Alsace]],<ref name="MacNeil p 278">MacNeil, 278.</ref> [[Bordeaux]],<ref name="Robinson p 81"/> [[Burgundy (region)|Burgundy]],<ref name="Phillips p 198">Phillips, 198.</ref> [[Champagne (wine region)|Champagne]]<ref name="Sogg"/>
*[[Germany]] for Tafelwein, Landwein, and [[Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete]] (QbA)<ref name="GWI"/><ref name="Johnson atlas p 242">{{cite book | author=Johnson, H |author2=Robinson, J | title=The World Atlas of Wine | publisher=Mitchell Beazley Publishing | year=2005 | isbn=1-84000-332-4 | page=242}}</ref>
*[[Japan]]<ref name="Robinson p 81"/>
*[[New Zealand]]<ref name="Robinson p 81"/>
*[[Switzerland]]<ref name="Robinson p 270">Robinson, 270.</ref>
*[[Wine from the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]<ref name="Johnson atlas p 326">Johnson and Robinson, 326.</ref>
*[[United States]]: [[Long Island]] and [[Oregon]]<ref name="Sogg"/>
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''Countries and regions where chaptalization is not permitted''
*[[Argentine wine|Argentina]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eater.com/wine/22299944/wine-making-ingredients-vegan-chaptalization-acidification/ |title=What's Lurking in Your Wine? Fish Bladders, Egg Whites, and Mega Purple |date=29 June 2016 |access-date=February 19, 2024}}</ref>
*[[Australian wine|Australia]]<ref name="Robinson p 81"/>
*[[Austrian wine|Austria]]<ref name="Johnson atlas p 242"/>
*[[California wine regions|California]]<ref name="Phillips p 198"/>
*[[German wine|Germany]] for [[Prädikatswein]]<ref name="Johnson atlas p 242"/>
*[[Italian wine|Italy]]<ref name="Sogg"/>
*[[Portuguese wine|Portugal]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://grandesescolhas.com/correcao-do-grau-alcoolico/ |title=Correção do grau alcoólico |date=2 March 2018 |access-date=19 April 2022}}</ref>
*[[Spanish wine|Spain]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.comenge.com/chaptalizacion/ |title=¿Qué es la chaptalización? |date=5 July 2016 |access-date=19 April 2022}}</ref>
*[[South African wine|South Africa]]<ref name="Robinson p 81"/>
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