The national government has restructured the National Institute of Viticulture (INV), which will cease to intervene in the initial and intermediate stages of the production process and will focus exclusively on the control of the final product.
The new regulatory framework is established by INV Resolution No. 37/2025, published this Friday in the Official Gazette, and will come into force on January 1, 2026. The Secretariat of Agriculture stated that the new role of the INV is to ensure the quality of the wine that reaches consumers, guaranteeing that vitivinicultural products are fit for consumption and are not adulterated.
Inspection will now be limited exclusively to the final marketing stage, inspecting packaged products that already have the Certificate of Free Circulation Analysis.
With this measure, which ends the oversight of the entire production process, it is estimated that approximately 5,000 on-site inspections per year in wineries will be eliminated. Until now, viticultural regulations were governed by more than 1,000 scattered norms, according to the secretariat.
«As a result of the comprehensive review, of a total of 1,207 existing norms, 973 are repealed, which are consolidated into a unified and systematic Regulatory Digest. Mandatory mentions on the label now include the number of the Free Circulation Analysis granted by the INV, and must indicate the presence of sulfites or sulfur dioxide for concentrations equal to or greater than ten parts per million (10 ppm)».
The new regime is mandatory for primary grape producers, establishments, marketers, distributors, exporters and importers, as well as accredited laboratories nationwide.
The reorganization of the INV also included the approval of new enological practices, such as the use of fumaric acid and the dealcoholization of wine. In addition, the sworn statement of grape entry (CIU) is no longer a mandatory requirement for producers and processors.
Regarding product identification, certifications of origin, vintage and varietal become optional for the domestic market. However, the INV will continue to issue the certifications required for exports.
For free circulation in the country, analytical certification will be managed under the sworn statement of the interested party and through digital mechanisms, ensuring traceability and authenticity.
«The regulatory simplification implies the elimination of procedures that generated unnecessary costs and delays,» an official statement read. Among the repealed norms, the weekly sworn statement of production, fines and sanctions for late filing of sworn statements, and the requirement of transit permits are eliminated. With the elimination of these permits, wineries are freed from having to request the more than 140,000 permits they generated annually to move their products.
