123.56 - NATIVE WINES.
123.56 NATIVE WINES.
1. Subject to rules of the division, manufacturers of native
wines from grapes, cherries, other fruits or other fruit juices,
vegetables, vegetable juices, dandelions, clover, honey, or any
combination of these ingredients, holding a class "A" wine permit as
required by this chapter, may sell, keep, or offer for sale and
deliver the wine. Sales may be made at retail for off-premises
consumption when sold on the premises of the manufacturer, or in a
retail establishment operated by the manufacturer. Sales may also be
made to class "A" or retail wine permittees or liquor control
licensees as authorized by the class "A" wine permit.
2. A manufacturer of native wines shall not sell the wines other
than as permitted in this chapter and shall not allow wine sold to be
consumed upon the premises of the manufacturer. However, prior to
sale native wines may be sampled on the premises where made, when no
charge is made for the sampling. A person may manufacture native
wine for consumption on the manufacturer's premises, when the wine or
any part of it is not manufactured for sale.
3. A manufacturer of native wines may ship wine in closed
containers to individual purchasers inside and outside this state.
The manufacturer shall label the package containing the wine with the
words "deliver to adults only".
4. Notwithstanding section 123.179, subsection 1, a class "A"
wine permit for a native wine manufacturer shall be issued and
renewed annually upon payment of a fee of twenty-five dollars which
shall be in lieu of any other license fee required by this chapter.
The class "A" permit shall only allow the native wine manufacturer to
sell, keep, or offer for sale and deliver the manufacturer's native
wines as provided under this section.
5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a person
engaged in the business of manufacturing native wine may sell native
wine at retail for consumption on the premises of the manufacturing
facility by applying for a class "C" native wine permit as provided
in section 123.178B. A manufacturer of native wine may be granted
not more than one class "C" native wine permit.
6. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a person
employed by a class "A" native wine permittee may be employed by a
brewery with a class "A" native beer permit provided the person has
no ownership interest in either licensed premises.
7. For the purposes of this section, "manufacturer" includes
only those persons who process in Iowa the fruit, vegetables,
dandelions, clover, honey, or any combination of these ingredients,
by fermentation into wines. Section History: Early Form
[C35, § 1921-f56; C39, § 1921.056; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66,
71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 123.56] Section History: Recent Form
85 Acts, ch 32, §49; 85 Acts, ch 198, §1; 2003 Acts, ch 143, §4,
5, 17; 2009 Acts, ch 73, §1