564.01 Definitions.— (1) “Wine” means all beverages made from fresh fruits, berries, or grapes, either by natural fermentation or by natural fermentation with brandy added, in the manner required by the laws and regulations of the United States, and includes all sparkling wines, champagnes, combination of the aforesaid beverages, sake, vermouths, and like products. Sugar, flavors, and […]
564.02 License fees; vendors; manufacturers and distributors.— (1) Each vendor authorized to sell brewed beverages containing malt, wines, and fortified wines shall pay an annual state license tax, as follows: (a) Vendors operating places of business where beverages are sold only for consumption off the premises shall pay an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount of […]
564.025 Surtax on license fees.—Each vendor of beverages containing alcohol of 0.5 percent or more by volume and not more than 14 percent by weight and of wines regardless of alcoholic content shall pay an annual surtax in an amount equal to 40 percent of the license fee imposed by s. 564.02(1). History.—s. 25, ch. 86-269.
564.03 Wines; sacramental and religious purposes.— (1) For the purpose of this section the term “wine” is hereby defined to mean wine, vinous spirits, or vinous liquors. (2) Any religious order, monastery, church or religious body, or any minister, pastor, priest, or rabbi thereof, may purchase wine for religious or sacramental purposes from any duly licensed wholesaler or […]
564.045 Licensure as primary American source of supply.— (1) DEFINITION.—“Primary American source of supply” means the manufacturer, vintner, winery, or bottler, or their legally authorized exclusive agent, who, if the product cannot be secured directly from the manufacturer by an American distributor, is the source closest to the manufacturer in the channel of commerce from whom the […]
564.05 Limitation of size of individual wine containers; penalty.—It is unlawful for a person to sell within this state wine in an individual container holding more than 1 gallon of such wine, unless such wine is in a reusable container holding 5.16 gallons. However, qualified distributors and manufacturers may sell wine to other qualified distributors or […]
564.055 Cider containers.—Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, cider, as defined in s. 564.06(4), may be sold by vendors at retail in any size individual container containing no more than 32 ounces of cider; however, this section does not prohibit cider from being packaged and sold in bulk, in kegs or barrels, or in any […]
564.06 Excise taxes on wines and beverages.— (1) As to beverages including wines, except natural sparkling wines, cider and malt beverages, containing 0.5 percent or more alcohol by volume and less than 17.259 percent alcohol by volume, there shall be paid by all manufacturers and distributors a tax at the rate of $2.25 per gallon. (2) As to […]
564.07 Wine lists furnished to vendors.—A distributor of vinous beverages in this state may furnish, give, rent, loan, or sell to a vendor, and a vendor may accept, alcoholic beverage lists, commonly referred to as “wine lists,” without the same being a violation of s. 561.42(1). History.—s. 1, ch. 81-159.
564.08 Wine tastings by distributors and vendors.—A licensed distributor of vinous beverages, or any vendor, is authorized to conduct wine tastings upon any licensed premises authorized to sell vinous or spirituous beverages by package or for consumption on premises without being in violation of s. 561.42, provided that the conduct of the wine tasting shall be […]
564.09 Restaurants; off-premises consumption of wine.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a restaurant licensed to sell wine on the premises may permit a patron to remove one unsealed bottle of wine for consumption off the premises if the patron has purchased a meal and consumed a portion of the bottle of wine on the restaurant premises. […]
