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Argentina Overhauls Wine Regulation, Scraps 973 INV Rules to Focus on Bottled Output

Officials say the streamlined rulebook shifts oversight to finished bottles to cut bureaucracy.

Overview

  • Resolution 37/2025 was published in the Boletín Oficial with a 92-page Digesto that reviewed 1,207 norms and repealed 973.
  • The INV will cease controls over vineyard, harvest, elaboration and transport and will verify only bottled final products for fitness and adulteration.
  • Certifications of origin, vintage and varietal become optional for the domestic market, while export certifications remain available as required by destination countries.
  • Weekly sworn production declarations and transit permits are abolished, and authorities expect roughly 5,000 fewer in-person inspections at wineries each year.
  • The new framework takes effect nationwide on January 1, 2026, with officials citing 2024 totals of 140,000 transit permits and more than 5,000 inspections as evidence of an excessive regime.