---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 4.72"
title: "27"
number: "4.72"
heading: "Metric standards of fill."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/4.72"
---

# §4.72. Metric standards of fill.

- (a) **Authorized standards of fill.** The standards of fill for wine are the following:
  - (1) 3 liters.
  - (2) 2.25 liters.
  - (3) 1.8 liters.
  - (4) 1.5 liters.
  - (5) 1 liter.
  - (6) 750 milliliters.
  - (7) 720 milliliters.
  - (8) 700 milliliters.
  - (9) 620 milliliters.
  - (10) 600 milliliters.
  - (11) 568 milliliters.
  - (12) 550 milliliters.
  - (13) 500 milliliters.
  - (14) 473 milliliters.
  - (15) 375 milliliters.
  - (16) 360 milliliters.
  - (17) 355 milliliters.
  - (18) 330 milliliters.
  - (19) 300 milliliters.
  - (20) 250 milliliters.
  - (21) 200 milliliters.
  - (22) 187 milliliters.
  - (23) 180 milliliters.
  - (24) 100 milliliters.
  - (25) 50 milliliters.
- (b) **Sizes larger than 3 liters.** Wine may be bottled or packed in containers of 4 liters or larger if the containers are filled and labeled in quantities of even liters (4 liters, 5 liters, 6 liters, etc.).
- (c) **Tolerances.** The tolerances in fill are the same as are allowed by [§ 4.37](/cfr/27/4.37.md) in respect to statement of net contents on labels.

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-12, 39 FR 45223, Dec. 31, 1974, as amended by T.D. ATF-49, 43 FR 19848, May 9, 1978; T.D. ATF-76, 46 FR 1727, Jan. 7, 1981; T.D. ATF-303, 55 FR 42713, Oct. 23, 1990. Redesignated by T.D. ATF-953, 68 FR 39455, July 2, 2003; T.D. TTB-165, 85 FR 85520, Dec. 29, 2020; T.D. TTB-200, 90 FR 1875, Jan. 20, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 27 U.S.C. 205, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: T.D. 6521, 25 FR 13835, Dec. 29, 1960, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-12, 39 FR 45223, Dec. 31, 1974, as amended by T.D. ATF-49, 43 FR 19848, May 9, 1978; T.D. ATF-76, 46 FR 1727, Jan. 7, 1981; T.D. ATF-303, 55 FR 42713, Oct. 23, 1990. Redesignated by T.D. ATF-953, 68 FR 39455, July 2, 2003; T.D. TTB-165, 85 FR 85520, Dec. 29, 2020; T.D. TTB-200, 90 FR 1875, Jan. 20, 2025]