A. In any local option district, a winegrower licensed under the Liquor Control Act [60-3A-1 NMSA 1978] may apply for and be issued a license as a wine wholesaler of wines produced by or for New Mexico winegrowers.
B. No wine wholesaler shall sell, offer for sale or ship wine not received at and shipped from the premises specified in the wine wholesaler's license.
C. No wine wholesaler shall sell or offer for sale wine to any person other than the holder of a New Mexico wine wholesaler's, wholesaler's, retailer's, dispenser's, canopy, restaurant or club license or a governmental licensee or its lessee.
D. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the sale, transportation or shipment of wine by a wine wholesaler to any person outside the state when shipped under permit from the department.
History: Laws 1988, ch. 60, § 1; 1998, ch. 109, § 6.
ANNOTATIONSThe 1998 amendment, effective July 1, 1998, in Subsection A, deleted "or winer" preceding "a winegrower" near the beginning and inserted "or for" near the end, and deleted "or winers" preceding "New Mexico winegrowers".