§ 76-a. Farm winery license. 1. Any person may apply to the liquor\nauthority for a farm winery license as provided for in this article.\nSuch application shall be in writing and verified and shall contain such\ninformation as the liquor authority shall require. Such application\nshall be accompanied by a check or draft for the amount required by this\narticle for such license. If the liquor authority shall grant the\napplication it shall issue a license in such form as shall be determined\nby its rules.\n 2. A farm winery license shall authorize the holder thereof to:\n (a) operate a farm winery for the manufacture of wine, New York state\nlabeled mead or New York state labeled cider at the premises\nspecifically designated in the license;\n (b) sell in bulk from the licensed premises the products manufactured\nunder such license to any winery licensee, any other farm winery\nlicensee, any distiller licensee or to a permittee engaged in the\nmanufacture of products which are unfit for beverage use and to sell or\ndeliver such wine to persons outside the state pursuant to the laws of\nthe place of such sale or delivery;\n (c) sell from the licensed premises to a licensed winery, farm\ndistiller, farm brewery, farm cidery, farm meadery, wholesaler or\nretailer, or to a corporation operating railroad cars or aircraft for\nconsumption on such carriers, or at retail for consumption off the\npremises, wine, cider, or mead manufactured by the licensee as above set\nforth and to sell or deliver such wine or cider to persons outside the\nstate pursuant to the laws of the place of such sale or delivery. All\nwine, cider, or mead sold by such licensee for consumption off the\npremises shall be securely sealed and have attached thereto a label\nsetting forth such information as shall be required by this chapter;\n (d) operate, or use the services of, a custom crush facility as\ndefined in subdivision nine-a of section three of this chapter;\n (e) conduct tastings of and sell at the licensed premises, at retail\nfor consumption on or off the licensed premises alcoholic beverages\nmanufactured by the licensee or any other licensed farm winery; New York\nstate labeled wine manufactured by any licensed winery; New York state\nlabeled beer manufactured by any licensed brewer or farm brewery; New\nYork state labeled cider manufactured by any licensed cider producer,\nfarm cidery or farm brewery; New York state labeled mead manufactured by\nany licensed farm meadery, winery or farm winery; New York state labeled\nbraggot manufactured by any licensed meadery, brewery or farm brewery\nand New York state labeled liquor manufactured by any licensed distiller\nor farm distillery;\n (f) operate a restaurant, hotel, catering establishment, or other food\nand drinking establishment in or adjacent to the licensed premises and\nsell at such place, at retail for consumption on the premises, wine,\ncider, and mead manufactured by the licensee and any New York state\nlabeled wine, New York state labeled cider, New York state labeled mead\nor New York state labeled wine product. All of the provisions of this\nchapter relative to licenses to sell wine at retail for consumption on\nthe premises shall apply so far as applicable to such licensee.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, the licensed farm winery may\napply to the authority for a license under this chapter to sell other\nalcoholic beverages at retail for consumption on the premises at such\nestablishment.\n 3. (a) Any person having applied for and received a license as a farm\nwinery under this section may conduct wine tastings of New York state\nlabelled wines in establishments licensed under section sixty-three of\nthis chapter and section seventy-nine of this article to sell wine for\noff-premises consumption. Such farm winery may charge a fee for each\nwine sample tasted. The state liquor authority shall promulgate rules\nand regulations regarding such tastings as provided for in
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