1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to alcohol; establishing craft wineries;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.3 	2014, sections 340A.101, subdivision 11; 340A.315.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 340A.101, subdivision 11, is amended to 
1.6 	read:
1.7 		Subd. 11.Farm Craft winery. "Farm Craft winery" is a winery operated by 
1.8 	the owner of a Minnesota farm and producing table, sparkling, or fortified wines from 
1.9 	grapes, grape juice, other fruit bases, or honey with a majority of the ingredients grown or 
1.10 	produced in Minnesota.

1.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

1.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 340A.315, is amended to read:
1.13 	340A.315 FARM CRAFT WINERY LICENSE.
1.14 		Subdivision 1.Licenses. The commissioner may issue a farm craft winery license to 
1.15 	the owner or operator of a farmcraft winery located within the state and producing table, 
1.16 	sparkling, or fortified wines. Licenses may be issued and renewed for an annual fee of 
1.17 	$50, which is in lieu of all other license fees required by this chapter.
1.18 		Subd. 2.Sales. A license authorizes the sale, on the farmcraft winery premises, 
1.19 	of table, sparkling, or fortified wines produced by that farmcraft winery at on-sale or 
1.20 	off-sale, in retail, or wholesale lots in total quantities not in excess of 75,000 gallons in 
1.21 	a calendar year, glassware, wine literature and accessories, cheese and cheese spreads, 
1.22 	other wine-related food items, and the dispensing of free samples of the wines offered 
2.1 	for sale. Sales at on-sale and off-sale may be made on Sundays between 10:00 a.m. and 
2.2 	12:00 midnight. Labels for each type or brand produced must be registered with the 
2.3 	commissioner, without fee prior to sale. A farm winery may provide samples of distilled 
2.4 	spirits manufactured pursuant to subdivision 7, on the farmcraft winery premises, but may 
2.5 	sell the distilled spirits only through a licensed wholesaler. Samples of distilled spirits 
2.6 	may not exceed 15 milliliters per variety.
2.7 		Subd. 3.Applicability. Except as otherwise specified in this section, all provisions 
2.8 	of this chapter govern the production, sale, possession, and consumption of table, 
2.9 	sparkling, or fortified wines produced by a farm craft winery.
2.10 		Subd. 4.Minnesota products. If Minnesota-produced or -grown grapes, grape 
2.11 	juice, other fruit bases, or honey is not available in quantities sufficient to constitute 
2.12 	a majority of the table, sparkling, or fortified wine produced by a farm craft winery, 
2.13 	the holder of the farm craft winery license may file an affidavit stating this fact with 
2.14 	the commissioner. If the commissioner, after consultation with the commissioner of 
2.15 	agriculture, determines this to be true, the farm craft winery may use imported products 
2.16 	and shall continue to be governed by the provisions of this section. The affidavit is 
2.17 	effective for a period of one year, after which time the farm craft winery must use the 
2.18 	required amount of Minnesota products as provided by subdivision 1 unless the farm craft
2.19 	winery holder files a new affidavit with the commissioner.
2.20 		Subd. 6.On-sale licenses allowed. Nothing in this section or in any other section of 
2.21 	law prevents a farm craft winery from obtaining a separate on-sale license and operating a 
2.22 	business establishment that utilizes that license in conjunction with and within the physical 
2.23 	facilities of the winery and its buildings.
2.24 		Subd. 7.Distilled spirits permitted. Farm Craft wineries licensed under 
2.25 	this section are permitted to manufacture distilled spirits as defined under section 
2.26 	340A.101, subdivision 9, which may exceed 25 percent alcohol by volume, made from 
2.27 	Minnesota-produced or Minnesota-grown grapes, grape juice, other fruit bases, or honey. 
2.28 	The following conditions pertain:
2.29 	(1) no farm craft winery or firm owning multiple farm craft wineries may 
2.30 	manufacture more than 5,000 gallons of distilled spirits in a given year, and this 5,000 
2.31 	gallon limit is part of the 50,000 gallon limit found in subdivision 2;
2.32 	(2) farm craft wineries must pay an additional annual fee of $50 to the commissioner 
2.33 	before beginning production of distilled spirits; and
2.34 	(3) farm craft wineries may not sell or produce distilled spirits for direct sale to 
2.35 	manufacturers licensed under section 340A.301, subdivision 6, paragraph (a).
3.1 		Subd. 8.Bulk wine. Farm Craft wineries licensed under this section are permitted 
3.2 	to purchase and use bulk wine, provided that:
3.3 	(1) the quantity of bulk wine in any farm craft winery's annual production shall not 
3.4 	exceed ten percent of that winery's annual production;
3.5 	(2) the bulk wine under subdivision 4 shall be counted as a portion of the 49 
3.6 	percent of product that need not be Minnesota-grown and may be imported from outside 
3.7 	Minnesota; and
3.8 	(3) the bulk wine must be blended and not directly bottled.
3.9 	"Bulk wine," as used in this subdivision, means fermented juice from grapes, other 
3.10 	fruit bases, or honey.
3.11 		Subd. 9.Agricultural land. A farm winery license must be issued for operation of 
3.12 	a farm winery on agricultural land, operating under an agricultural classification, zone, 
3.13 	or conditional use permit. Farm wineries with licenses issued prior to March 1, 2012, 
3.14 	are exempt from this provision.
3.15 		Subd. 10.Storage. A farm craft winery may store finished wine and distilled spirits 
3.16 	in a noncontiguous warehouse location, provided that the chosen location complies 
3.17 	with Minnesota Rules, part 7515.0300, subpart 12, and any other state or federal 
3.18 	requirements. Cartage of finished goods between the farm craft winery and warehouse 
3.19 	must be continuously in the possession of a motor carrier of property as defined in section 
3.20 	221.012, subdivision 27, or carried in a motor vehicle owned, leased, or rented by the 
3.21 	farm craft winery.
3.22 		Subd. 11.Bulk wine or distilled spirits. If no wholesaler is able to provide bulk 
3.23 	wine or bulk distilled spirits, a farm craft winery may purchase either bulk wine or bulk 
3.24 	distilled spirits for purposes allowed under this chapter from any available source allowed 
3.25 	under federal law.

3.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

3.27 	Sec. 3. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 3.28 	The revisor of statutes shall change the term "farm winery" to "craft winery" in 
3.29 	Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules.