1998 Minnesota Statutes

     340A.315 Farm winery license. 

    Subdivision 1.    Licenses.  The commissioner may issue 
 a farm winery license to the owner or operator of a farm winery 
 located within the state and producing table or sparkling 
 wines.  Licenses may be issued and renewed for an annual fee of 
 $50, which is in lieu of all other license fees required by this 
 chapter. 

    Subd. 2.    Sales.  A license authorizes the sale, on 
 the farm winery premises, of table or sparkling wines produced 
 by that farm winery at on-sale or off-sale, in retail, or 
 wholesale lots in total quantities not in excess of 50,000 
 gallons in a calendar year, glassware, wine literature and 
 accessories, cheese and cheese spreads, and the dispensing of 
 free samples of the wines offered for sale. Sales at on-sale and 
 off-sale may be made on Sundays between 12:00 noon and 12:00 
 midnight.  Labels for each type or brand produced must be 
 registered with the commissioner, without fee prior to sale. 

    Subd. 3.    Applicability.  Except as otherwise 
 specified in this section, all provisions of this chapter govern 
 the production, sale, possession, and consumption of table or 
 sparkling wines produced by a farm winery. 

    Subd. 4.    Minnesota products.  If Minnesota produced 
 or grown grapes, grape juice, other fruit bases, or honey is not 
 available in quantities sufficient to constitute a majority of 
 the table or sparkling wine produced by a farm winery, the 
 holder of the farm winery license may file an affidavit stating 
 this fact with the commissioner.  If the commissioner, after 
 consultation with the commissioner of agriculture, determines 
 this to be true, the farm winery may use imported products and 
 shall continue to be governed by the provisions of this section. 
 The affidavit is effective for a period of one year, after which 
 time the farm winery must use the required amount of Minnesota 
 products as provided by subdivision 1 unless the farm winery 
 holder files a new affidavit with the commissioner. 

    Subd. 5.  Repealed, 1985 c 12 s 2 

    HIST: 1985 c 12 s 1; 1985 c 134 s 1; 1985 c 305 art 5 s 15; 
 1Sp1985 c 16 art 2 s 3 subd 1; 1987 c 152 art 1 s 1; 1992 c 513 
 art 3 s 56