The Commerce Commission is reported to offer an amnesty for winegrowers, in a view to introduce a limit on the amount of grapes that they harvested.

The Commission delivered a letter to the New Zealand Winegrowers, following an investigation into the complaints concerning the way the group urged members to cut harvests, which aimed to keep pace with the production targets for the vintage 2010.

The Marlborough Express reported last week that the Commission informed New Zealand Winegrowers that it went beyond required bounds by asking its members to restrict the amount of grapes, they harvested.

In addition, the Commission pointed that it has no evidence that depicts that individual members of New Zealand Winegrowers were fixing prices or targets, irrespective of the organization.

The Commission also raised the issue that the New Zealand Winegrowers Board had pondered over the credibility of delivering the message regarding limiting the net yield in the Plant and Food email, Vinefax, which most growers access.

The letter outlines that New Zealand Winegrowers ensure that members are aware that they have to stick to the orders of the Association.

New Zealand Winegrowers have calculated that the country should yield 265,000 tones of grapes, in order to eschew from an oversupply.