Section 436.1537 - Classes of vendors permitted to sell alcoholic liquors at retail; sale of wine by wine maker; wine tastings.
MICHIGAN LIQUOR CONTROL CODE OF 1998 (EXCERPT)
Act 58 of 1998
436.1537 Classes of vendors permitted to sell alcoholic liquors at retail; sale of wine by wine maker; wine tastings.
Sec. 537.
(1) The following classes of vendors may sell alcoholic liquors at retail as provided in this section:
(a) Taverns where beer and wine may be sold for consumption on the premises only.
(b) Class C license where beer, wine, mixed spirit drink, and spirits may be sold for consumption on the premises.
(c) Clubs where beer, wine, mixed spirit drink, and spirits may be sold for consumption on the premises only to bona fide members where consumption is limited to these members and their bona fide guests, who have attained the age of 21 years.
(d) Direct shippers where wine may be sold and shipped directly to the consumer.
(e) Hotels of class A where beer and wine may be sold for consumption on the premises and in the rooms of bona fide registered guests. Hotels of class B where beer, wine, mixed spirit drink, and spirits may be sold for consumption on the premises and in the rooms of bona fide registered guests.
(f) Specially designated merchants, where beer and wine may be sold for consumption off the premises only.
(g) Specially designated distributors where spirits and mixed spirit drink may be sold for consumption off the premises only.
(h) Special licenses where beer and wine or beer, wine, mixed spirit drink, and spirits may be sold for consumption on the premises only.
(i) Dining cars or other railroad or Pullman cars, watercraft, or aircraft, where alcoholic liquor may be sold for consumption on the premises only, subject to rules promulgated by the commission.
(j) Brewpubs where beer manufactured on the premises by the licensee may be sold for consumption on or off the premises by any of the following licensees:
(i) Class C.
(ii) Tavern.
(iii) Class A hotel.
(iv) Class B hotel.
(k) Micro brewers and brewers selling less than 200,000 barrels of beer per year where beer produced by the micro brewer or brewer may be sold to a consumer for consumption on or off the brewery premises.
(l) Class G-1 license where beer, wine, mixed spirit drink, and spirits may be sold for consumption on the premises only to members required to pay an annual membership fee and consumption is limited to these members and their bona fide guests.
(m) Class G-2 license where beer and wine may be sold for consumption on the premises only to members required to pay an annual membership fee and consumption is limited to these members and their bona fide guests.
(n) Motorsports event license where beer and wine may be sold for consumption on the premises during sanctioned motorsports events only.
(o) Wine maker where wine may be sold by direct shipment, at retail on the licensed premises, and as provided for in subsections (2) and (3).
(p) Small distiller selling not more than 60,000 gallons of spirits manufactured by that licensee to the consumer at retail for consumption on or off the licensed premises in the manner provided for in section 534.
(2) A wine maker may sell wine made by that wine maker in a restaurant for consumption on or off the premises if the restaurant is owned by the wine maker or operated by another person under an agreement approved by the commission and located on the premises where the wine maker is licensed.
(3) A wine maker, with the prior written approval of the commission, may conduct wine tastings of wines made by that wine maker and may sell the wine made by that wine maker for consumption off the premises at a location other than the premises where the wine maker is licensed to manufacture wine, under the following conditions:
(a) The premises upon which the wine tasting occurs conforms to local and state sanitation requirements.
(b) Payment of a $100.00 fee per location is made to the commission.
(c) The wine tasting locations shall be considered licensed premises.
(d) Wine tasting does not take place between the hours of 2 a.m. and 7 a.m. Monday through Saturday, or between 2 a.m. and 12 noon on Sunday.
(e) The premises and the licensee comply with and are subject to all applicable rules promulgated by the commission.
History: 1998, Act 58, Imd. Eff. Apr. 14, 1998 ;-- Am. 2001, Act 223, Eff. Mar. 22, 2002 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 166, Imd. Eff. Oct. 6, 2005 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 269, Imd. Eff. Dec. 16, 2005 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 218, Imd. Eff. July 16, 2008