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Child Jesus and St. Joseph
Catholic Church
Society of St Pius X
280 West Botany Street
Rockdale NSW 2216 Australia
Tel. 02-9567 7088
Fax: 02- 9567 3228

10 June 2005
Dear Paul,
Here are the traditional rules for altar wine.

Please tell me if the supply we are getting conforms to these rules.
Thank you very much.
Fr RobinsonSpecifications for Altar Wine

Rules from the Vatican
a) Altar wine must be natural wine from the fruit of the vine and not corrupt.
b) In order that wine may be valid and licit matter for consecration, it must be wine,
which has been pressed from fully ripened grapes, which has fermented, which has been
purified of sediment or dregs, which has a vinous alcoholic content of around 12%,
which has not been adulterated by the addition of any non-vinous substance, which is
neither growing nor grown bad by acescence or putrefaction, and which, is in a liquid state.

c) The following substances are certainly invalid matter for consecration: wines made from fruits or berries other than grapes; artificial or synthetic wines, even if they have the color and taste of natural wine produced from grapes and even if they have the same chemical ingredients as natural wine; wines to which an equal or almost equal amount of water has been added; wines made from thoroughly unripened grapes; wines turned to vinegar; wines gone thoroughly bad; wines devoid of alcohol; wines to which a notable quantity of sugar in solution was added before fermentation; unfermented grape-must which has been inspissated by boiling to about one-half or one-third of its original volume; brandy; pure vinous alcohol; all non-vinous beverages.

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