§ 7.1-3-12-7 — Bulk wine purchases by farm winery

(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and
(c), a farm winery may purchase annually a quantity of bulk wine that
does not exceed the greater of the following:
(1) Five thousand five hundred (5,500) gallons.
(2) Fifty percent (50%) of the quantity of wine produced by
fermentation by the winery during the previous year.
(b) This subsection applies to a farm winery that suffers a loss of
wine inventory due to natural or manmade disaster. If the farm winery
documents the inventory loss and obtains permission from the
commission, the winery may purchase a quantity of bulk wine not
greater than the sum of the following:
(1) The quantity of the winery's wine inventory loss.
(2) The quantity of bulk wine that may be purchased by the farm
winery annually under subsection (a).
(c) The limits in subsections (a) and (b) apply only to wine sold
directly to a consumer in Indiana. No limit is imposed on the amount
of bulk wine that may be used in producing wine sold through a
wholesaler or sold outside of Indiana.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.41-2002, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.68-2021, SEC.1.