§ 5-01-17 — Domestic winery license

North Dakota § 5-01-17

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 5: Alcoholic Beverages
• Ch. 5-01: General Provisions

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1. The tax commissioner may issue a domestic winery license to the owner or operator of
a winery located within this state to produce wine. A domestic winery may purchase, at
wholesale or retail, brandy for use of onpremises fortification. A domestic winery
license may be issued and renewed for an annual fee of one hundred dollars, which is
in lieu of all other license fees required by this title.
2. A domestic winery may sell wine produced by that winery at on sale or off sale, in retail
lots, and not for resale, and may sell or direct ship its wine to persons inside or outside
of the state in a manner consistent with the laws of the place of the sale or delivery in
total quantities not in excess of twenty-five thousand gallons [94635 liters] in a
calendar year; glassware; wine literature and accessories; and cheese, cheese
spreads, and other snack food items. A licensee may dispense free samples of the
wines offered for sale. Subject to local ordinance, sales at on sale and off sale may be
made on Sundays between eight a.m. and twelve midnight. The tax commissioner may
issue special events permits for not more than forty events per calendar year to a
domestic winery allowing the winery, subject to local ordinance, to give free samples of
its wine and to sell its wine by the glass or in closed containers, at off-premises events.
A domestic winery may not engage in any wholesaling activities. All sales and
deliveries of wines to any other retail licensed premises in this state may be made only
through a licensed North Dakota liquor wholesaler. For any month in which a domestic

winery has made sales to a North Dakota wholesaler, that domestic winery shall file a
report with the tax commissioner no later than the last day of each calendar month
reporting sales made during the preceding calendar month. When the last day of the
calendar month falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the due date is the first
working day thereafter.
3. A domestic winery may obtain a domestic winery license and a retailer license allowing
the onpremises sales of alcoholic beverages at a restaurant owned by the licensee
and located on property contiguous to the winery.
4. A domestic winery may purchase wine in bulk from within and outside the state,
excluding label approved containers and not to exceed four thousand gallons [15142
liters] per calendar year.
5. A domestic winery is subject to section 5-03-06 and shall report and pay annually to
the tax commissioner the wholesaler taxes due on all wines sold by the licensee at
retail, including all wines shipped directly to consumers as set forth in sections 5-03-07
and 57-39.6-02. The annual wholesaler tax reports are due January fifteenth of the
year following the year sales were made. When the fifteenth of January falls on a
Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the due date is the first working day thereafter. The
report must provide such detail and be in a format as prescribed by the tax
commissioner. The tax commissioner may require that the report be submitted in an
electronic format approved by the tax commissioner.