1. A winery that is federally bonded and permitted by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury, including, without limitation, an alternating proprietorship of not more than four such wineries, and that has been issued a wine-maker’s license pursuant to NRS 369.200 may:
(a) Produce, bottle, blend and age wine.
(b) Import wine or juice from a winery that is located in another state and that is federally bonded and permitted by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, to be fermented into wine or, if already fermented, to be mixed with other wine or aged in a suitable cellar, or both.
2. A winery that has been issued a wine-maker’s license pursuant to NRS 369.200 on or before September 30, 2015, may:
(a) Within the limits prescribed by subsection 3, sell at retail or serve by the glass, on its premises and at one other location, wine produced, blended or aged by the winery. The amount of wine sold at a location other than on the premises of the winery may not exceed 50 percent of the total volume of the wine sold by the winery.
(b) Serve by the glass, on its premises, any alcoholic beverage.
3. A winery that is issued a wine-maker’s license pursuant to NRS 369.200:
(a) If 25 percent or more of the wine produced, blended or aged by the winery is produced, blended or aged from fruit grown in this State, may:
(1) Sell at retail or serve by the glass, on its premises and, if applicable, at one other location, wine produced, blended or aged by the winery.
(2) Transfer in bulk wine produced, blended or aged by the winery:
(I) To a person holding a valid wholesale wine and liquor dealer’s license issued pursuant to chapter 369 of NRS for the purpose of transferring in bulk the wine to an estate distillery for the purpose of distillation and blending, which transfer is taxable only as provided in NRS 597.237; or
(II) If there is no wholesaler who is able or willing to accept and transfer in bulk the wine pursuant to sub-subparagraph (I), to a person holding a valid license to operate an estate distillery issued pursuant to chapter 369 of NRS for the purpose of distillation and blending, which transfer is taxable only as provided in NRS 597.237.
(b) If less than 25 percent of the wine produced, blended or aged by the winery is produced, blended or aged from fruit grown in this State, may sell at retail or serve by the glass, on its premises and, if applicable, at one other location, not more than 1,000 cases of wine produced, blended or aged by the winery per calendar year.
4. The owner or operator of a winery shall not:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of subsection 2, sell alcoholic beverages on the premises of the winery other than wine produced, blended or aged by the winery.
(b) Produce, blend or age wine at any location other than on the premises of the winery.
5. The State Board of Agriculture may adopt regulations for the purposes of ensuring that a winery is in compliance with any requirements established by the Federal Government for labeling bottles of wine produced, blended or aged by the winery.
6. For the purposes of this section, an instructional wine-making facility is not a winery.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 108; A 1993, 325, 1442; 2005, 1273; 2015, 552, 553; 2017, 2581; 2019, 2773, 2774, effective October 1, 2025)