Washington Administrative Code › Title 314 - Liquor and Cannabis Board › Chapter 314-24 - Domestic wineries and domestic wine distributors › Section 314-24-070 - Domestic wineries - Purchase and use of bulk wines, brandy or wine spirits - Import permit required - Records - Wine returned to Washington

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Domestic
			 wineries may purchase and/or receive under federal bond from any holder of a
			 domestic winery license, holder of the fruit and/or wine distillery license
			 provided in
			 RCW
			 66.24.140, or out-of-state holder of a
			 federal winery or fruit distillery basic permit, bulk wine, brandy or bulk wine
			 spirits manufactured or produced by such holder, and use the same in the
			 manufacture or production of wines: Provided, That every domestic winery which
			 imports wine, brandy or wine spirits manufactured outside the state of
			 Washington for use as authorized in this section must first be in possession of
			 a permit issued by the board, in accordance with
			 RCW
			 66.20.010(5)  of the
			 Washington State Liquor Act. Applications for such permits must be submitted to
			 the board in writing. Such permits expire at the end of the board's fiscal
			 year, and are subject to renewal at that time upon written request and
			 remittance of said annual fee. Wine manufactured or produced from one kind of
			 fruit or berry may not receive wine, brandy or wine spirits manufactured or
			 produced from another kind of fruit or berry. Such brandy or wine spirits so
			 purchased shall be used exclusively and only for the purpose of adding wine
			 spirits to wines. In those cases where the holder of a domestic winery license
			 shall also hold such fruit and/or wine distillery license, then, and in such
			 cases, such domestic winery may use brandy or wine spirits manufactured or
			 produced under such distillery license as a wine spirits addition in the
			 manufacture or production of wine by such holder of the domestic winery
			 license.
(2) Any domestic winery
			 using wine, brandy or wine spirits as provided in subsection (1) of this
			 section, shall make and file with the board, not later than the tenth day of
			 each month upon forms prescribed and furnished by the board, a report showing
			 all transactions of such domestic winery in the purchase and/or use of wine,
			 brandy or wine spirits as provided in said subsection (1) of this section, and
			 shall retain one copy of such report in its own files, and shall keep and
			 preserve for a period of not less than two years any bills of lading or other
			 documents supporting such report. One copy of the bill of lading covering such
			 sale and shipment to a domestic winery is to be forwarded to the board by the
			 shipping winery or fruit distillery, at the time of such shipment.
(3) A domestic winery may ship Washington
			 wine out of and may return such wine to Washington state for ultimate sale. The
			 following conditions apply:
(a) The wine is
			 produced and bottled in Washington by a licensed winery.
(b) The export shall be from the licensed
			 winery and returned to the same entity, a licensed wine distributor or bonded
			 wine warehouse.
(c) The returned
			 wine must not have been altered in any way, with the exception of sparkling
			 wine.
(d) A domestic winery, a
			 licensed wine distributor, or bonded wine warehouse directly receiving
			 previously exported Washington wine must comply with tax collection and
			 tracking requirements initiated by the liquor control board.
(e) A domestic winery, a licensed wine
			 distributor, or bonded wine warehouse directly receiving previously exported
			 Washington wine must keep on file for audit purposes clear source records
			 (shipping documents, etc.) with reporting documents. Records need to indicate
			 what wine was returned to the state that was previously reported as an export
			 (including number of cases and gallons).