Bill Text: MN HF2633 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Bulk wine purchase and use by farm wineries permitted.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-05 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Regulatory Reform [HF2633 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2011-HF2633-Introduced.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to liquor; permitting certain purchase and use of bulk wine;amending
1.3Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 340A.315, by adding a subdivision.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 340A.315, is amended by adding a
1.6subdivision to read:
1.7    Subd. 8. Bulk wine. Farm wineries licensed under this section are permitted to
1.8purchase and use bulk wine, provided the quantity of bulk wine in any farm winery's
1.9annual production shall not exceed ten percent of that winery's annual production. "Bulk
1.10wine," as used in this subdivision, means fermented juice from grapes, other fruit bases,
1.11or honey.
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