1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to liquor; establishing license to authorize winemaking supply store to sell 
1.3 	homemade wine on its premises;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 
1.4 	340A.101, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
1.5 	Statutes, chapter 340A.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 340A.101, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.8 	to read:
1.9 		Subd. 31.Winemaking supply store. A "winemaking supply store" is a store whose 
1.10 	primary business is selling portable equipment designed for use in home manufacturing of 
1.11 	wine, and supplies and ingredients for home manufacturing of wine.

1.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2018.

1.13 	Sec. 2. [340A.3155] WINEMAKING SUPPLY STORE LICENSE.
1.14 		Subdivision 1.Licenses. The commissioner may issue a winemaking supply store license 
1.15 	to a winemaking supply store. Licenses may be issued and renewed for an annual fee of 
1.16 	$25, which is in lieu of all other license fees required by this chapter.
1.17 		Subd. 2.Off-sale of wine. (a) A license issued under subdivision 1 authorizes a 
1.18 	winemaking supply store to sell at off-sale up to 5,000 gallons of wine from its premises 
1.19 	each year. The wine must be produced by the licensee on the licensed premises using 
1.20 	equipment that is available for sale on the premises, or equipment that is substantially similar 
1.21 	to equipment that is available for sale on the premises. Off-sale of wine under this subdivision 
1.22 	must be limited to the legal hours for off-sale at exclusive liquor stores in the jurisdiction 
2.1 	in which the winemaking supply store is located and the wine sold must be removed from 
2.2 	the premises before the applicable off-sale closing time at exclusive liquor stores. Labels 
2.3 	for each type or brand produced must be registered with the commissioner without fee prior 
2.4 	to sale.
2.5 	(b) A license issued under this subdivision also authorizes a winemaking supply store 
2.6 	to provide on the licensed premises free samples of wine that are available for sale. Samples 
2.7 	must only be provided during the permitted hours of sale in a quantity less than 50 milliliters 
2.8 	per variety per customer.
2.9 		Subd. 3.On-sale of wine prohibited. A municipality must not issue an on-sale license 
2.10 	for a premises that is licensed under this section.
2.11 		Subd. 4.Applicability. Except as otherwise specified in this section, all provisions of 
2.12 	this chapter govern the production, sale, possession, and consumption of wine produced by 
2.13 	a winemaking supply store.
2.14 		Subd. 5.Winemaking on premises store. Nothing in this section prevents the holder 
2.15 	of a license under this section from operating a winemaking on premises store as described 
2.16 	in section 340A.34 on the same premises as the winemaking supply store.