Food and Agricultural Code section 78823

“Brandy” means an alcoholic distillate or a mixture of distillates obtained from the fermented juice, mash, or wine of whole, sound, ripe grapes or from the residue thereof, distilled at not over 170 degrees proof.

Source: Section 78823, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=78823. (updated Jan. 1, 2006; accessed Sep. 14, 2026).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/food_and_agricultural_code_section_78823

Original Source: Section 78823, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=78823. (last accessed May 12, 2025).