Alcohol Manufacturers (Out-of-State)

Brokers buy or get alcoholic beverages from an importer, distillery, brewery, or winery to sell to another broker, importer, or wholesaler. Never having the alcoholic beverage (or maintaining a stock).

Breweries make, produce and bottle alcoholic malt beverages.

A Distillery engages in distilling, rectifying and blending distilled spirits. Distilled Spirit is any alcoholic beverage obtained by distillation or containing more than 21% alcohol by volume, including but not limited to all fortified wines.

A Farm Winery uses local produce to make at least 40% of its annual production. A Farm Winery is a winery with at least 40% of its annual production from agricultural produce grown in the state where the winery is located. Uses a large part of its premises for agricultural purposes; including, the cultivation of grapes, berries or fruits utilized in the manufacture or production of wine by the winery. Is owned and operated by persons who work in the production of a large part of the agricultural produce used in its annual production.

Winery is any vintner, maker, producer, or bottler of an alcoholic wine beverage.

Special Order Shipper is any shipper which is also a winery that is authorized to make direct shipments of wine to consumers in this state. This license entitles the winery to ship wine upon order directly to consumers for personal or household use in this state without designating wholesalers. It is not a requirement for the winery to be licensed in the state in order to apply for a special order shipping license in the state.