N.D. Cent. Code § 5-01-20
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5-01-20. Direct sale by licensed wineries
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5-01-20. Direct sale by licensed wineries
1. A licensed winery that produces no more than twenty-five thousand gallons [94635
liters] of wine per year may sell and deliver, onsite or offsite, the wine produced by the
winery directly to licensed retailers. The licensed winery may sell and deliver wine
onsite to a licensed retailer who presents the retailer's license or a photocopy of the
license. The winery may deliver the wine offsite if the winery:
a. Uses the winery's equipment, trucks, and employees to deliver the wine;
b. Contracts with a licensed distributor to ship and deliver the wine to the retailer; or
c. Contracts with a common carrier to ship and deliver the wine to the retailer
directly from the winery or the winery's bonded warehouse.
2. The shipments delivered by a winery's equipment, trucks, and employees in a year
may not exceed four thousand five hundred cases. A case may not exceed
2.38 gallons [9 liters].
3. Individual shipments delivered by common carrier may not exceed three cases a day
for each licensed retailer. The shipments delivered by a common carrier in a year may
not exceed three thousand five hundred cases. A case may not exceed 2.38 gallons
[9 liters].
1. A licensed winery that produces no more than twenty-five thousand gallons [94635
liters] of wine per year may sell and deliver, onsite or offsite, the wine produced by the
winery directly to licensed retailers. The licensed winery may sell and deliver wine
onsite to a licensed retailer who presents the retailer's license or a photocopy of the
license. The winery may deliver the wine offsite if the winery:
a. Uses the winery's equipment, trucks, and employees to deliver the wine;
b. Contracts with a licensed distributor to ship and deliver the wine to the retailer; or
c. Contracts with a common carrier to ship and deliver the wine to the retailer
directly from the winery or the winery's bonded warehouse.
2. The shipments delivered by a winery's equipment, trucks, and employees in a year
may not exceed four thousand five hundred cases. A case may not exceed
2.38 gallons [9 liters].
3. Individual shipments delivered by common carrier may not exceed three cases a day
for each licensed retailer. The shipments delivered by a common carrier in a year may
not exceed three thousand five hundred cases. A case may not exceed 2.38 gallons
[9 liters].
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