§ 76. Winery license. 1. Any person may apply to the liquor authority\nfor a winery license as provided for in this article. Such application\nshall be in writing and verified and shall contain such information as\nthe liquor authority shall require. Such application shall be\naccompanied by a check or draft for the amount required by this article\nfor such license. If the liquor authority shall grant the application it\nshall issue a license in such form as shall be determined by its rules.\n 2. A winery license shall authorize the holder thereof:\n (a) to operate a winery for the manufacture of wine and mead at the\npremises specifically designated in the license;\n (b) to receive and possess wine and mead from other states consigned\nto a United States government bonded winery, warehouse or storeroom\nlocated within the state;\n (c) to sell in bulk from the licensed premises the products\nmanufactured under such license and wine and mead received by such\nlicensee from any other state to any winery licensee, or meadery license\nany distiller licensee or to a permittee engaged in the manufacture of\nproducts which are unfit for beverage use and to sell or deliver such\nwine or mead to persons outside the state pursuant to the laws of the\nplace of such sale or delivery;\n (d) to sell from the licensed premises to a licensed wholesaler or\nretailer, or to a corporation operating railroad cars or aircraft for\nconsumption on such carriers, wine and mead manufactured or received by\nthe licensee as above set forth in the original sealed containers of not\nmore than fifteen gallons each and to sell or deliver such wine and mead\nto persons outside the state pursuant to the laws of the place of such\nsale or delivery. All wine and mead sold by such licensee shall be\nsecurely sealed and have attached thereto a label setting forth such\ninformation as shall be required by this chapter;\n (e) to sell from the licensed premises to licensed farm wineries, farm\ncideries, farm distilleries and farm breweries New York state labelled\nwine manufactured by the licensee in the original sealed containers of\nnot more than fifteen gallons each; and\n (f) to operate, or use the services of, a custom crush facility as\ndefined in subdivision nine-a of section three of this chapter.\n 3. (a) Any person having applied for and received a license as a\nwinery under this section may conduct wine tastings of New York state\nlabelled wines in establishments licensed under sections sixty-three and\nseventy-nine of this chapter to sell wine for off-premises consumption.\nSuch winery may charge a fee for each wine sample tasted. The state\nliquor authority shall promulgate rules and regulations regarding such\ntastings as provided for in this subdivision.\n (a-1) Any person having applied for and received a license as a winery\nunder this section may conduct wine tastings of New York state labelled\nwines and apply to the liquor authority for a permit to sell wine\nproduced by such winery by the bottle, during such tastings in\nestablishments licensed under section sixty-four, section sixty-four-a,\nsection eighty-one or section eighty-one-a of this chapter to sell wine\nfor consumption on the premises. Such winery may charge a fee of no more\nthan twenty-five cents for each wine sample tasted. The state liquor\nauthority shall promulgate rules and regulations regarding such tastings\nas provided for in this subdivision.\n (b) Tastings shall be conducted subject to the following limitations:\n (i) wine tastings shall be conducted by an official agent,\nrepresentative or solicitor of one or more wineries. Such agent,\nrepresentative or solicitor shall be physically present at all times\nduring the conduct of the tastings; and\n (ii) any liability stemming from a right of action resulting from a\nwine tasting as authorized herein and in accordance with the provisions\nof sections 11-100 and 11-101 of the general obligations law, shall\naccrue
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