Maharashtra Excise Manual
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9. Manufacturing process for sacramental wine

9. Manufacturing process for sacramental wine

The licensee shall adopt the following process for manufacturing sacramental wine namely:

The licensee shall—

  1. (a) put raisins into a receptacle, preferably a cask, cut into two halves;
  2. (b) wash them, if dirty;
  3. (c) add water to raisins in proportion of not less than 11:10 (thus '1[100 litres]1 or more of water for 2[91 kilograms]2 of raisins);
  4. (d) leave the raisins in the water and crush them after 48 hours;
  5. (e) put the raisins in the cask for fermentation;
  6. (f) Stir the fresh crushed juice of raisins, hereinafter called "must" with clean stick once a day during fermentation;
  7. (g) draw off the wine after fifteen days of fermentation;
  8. (h) pour it into a vat prepared for alteration;
  9. (i) filter it with white sack-cloth (Dutch system);
  10. (j) pour it into a cask after filtration;
  11. (k) if the cask is not filled up to the brim with wine, burn some sulpher in the empty space;
  12. (l) after a short time draw the wine off and bottle it.

10. Intimation before manufacture

The licensee shall, before proceeding with the manufacture of sacramental wine, send an intimation in form 'A' to the Officer-in-charge and shall forward a copy thereof to the Collector of the district and the 1[Inspector of Prohibition and Excise]1 of the taluka or tahsil concerned.

11. Samples for analysis

The licensee shall on demand by the Officer-in-charge permit samples to be taken for analysis free of cost of the raisins and the water used and of "must" and sacramental wine manufactured at the manufactory.

12. Quality and strength of sacramental wine

  1. (1) The licensee shall not destroy all sacramental wine which, on analysis, is found to be deteriorated or unfit for human consumption in accordance with the orders of the Collector.
  2. (2) The licensee shall not manufacture sacramental wine of a strength exceeding 20 per cent of proof spirit.

13. Duty and fees payable

  1. (1) The licensee shall not issue any sacramental wine unless he sends previous intimation in form 'B' to the Treasury Office concerned or the '3[Chief Accounts Officer of Prohibition and Excise, Bombay]3', as the case may be; he shall forward a copy thereof to the Collector of the district and the Officer-in-charge.
  2. 3(2)3 The licensee shall pay into Government treasury the amount of excise duty, transport fee and special fee at the following rates in respect of the sacramental wine to be issued from the manufactory and shall present to the Officer-in-charge a copy of the challan in token of the payment of such duty and fees, namely:
    • 2(i) rate of excise duty—
      22 nP. per litre of Sacramental Wine.2
    • 2(ii) rate of transport fee—
      4 nP. per litre of Sacramental Wine.2
    • 2(iii) rate of special fee—
      12 nP. per litre of sacramental wine.2