Packaging Resources

At its centre, Australian Grape and Wine’s Wine Packaging Guidelines provide an important industry best practice resource for the use of wine packaging. This resource is regularly reviewed and amended with guidance from the Packaging Committee as well as technical advice from the Australian Wine Research Institute and supplier input from Wine Industry Suppliers Association.

The Wine Packaging Guideline and additional packaging resources and updates can be accessed at links below:

Resources

Australian Grape & Wine – Wine Packaging Guidelines (August 2022)
Recent amendments include technical guidance on use of cans as an emerging container type.   

Australian Grape & Wine – Packaging Committee

Australian Wine Research Institute –  Packaging resources page

Wine Australia – Domestic labelling requirements

Wine Australia –Packager’s guide to the Label Integrity Program

Wine Industry Suppliers Association (WISA)

Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO)

Updates

Pregnancy warning

• Changes to pregnancy warning requirements  
• FSANZ Resources page  
• FSANZ Pregnancy warning Q&A

Allergen labelling

• Changes to allergen labelling Allergen Labelling
• Food Standards Gazettal notice  Amendment No. 197
• Food Standards Australia and New Zealand information on the change (P1044 – Plain English Allergen Labelling).

Energy labelling on alcoholic beverages

• Pending changes to energy labelling requirements

Container Deposit Schemes

• Submission to South Australian Discussion Paper on the Container Deposit Scheme (November 2021
• Submission to Tasmanian Draft Container Deposit Scheme Bill (July 2021)
• Submission to the Victorian Government’s Container Deposit Scheme (November 2020)
• Australian Grape and Wine Submission to the SA CDS (Feb 2019)