42.12.316    SACRAMENTAL WINE SALES RESTRICTIONS BY ALCOHOL CONTENT

(1) Sacramental wine may be sold in Montana only in conformity with the guidelines provided in (2) through (6) of this rule.

(2) Sacramental wine licensees may sell sacramental wine containing up to 24 percent alcohol by volume to officials of churches or other religious organizations.

(3) Registered foreign wineries may sell sacramental wine containing up to 24 percent alcohol by volume to licensed table wine distributors.

(4) Licensed foreign wineries may sell sacramental wine containing not more than 16 percent alcohol by volume to licensed retailers and sacramental wine containing not more than 24 percent alcohol by volume to table wine distributors and sacramental wine licensees.

(5) Licensed domestic wineries may sell sacramental wine containing not more than 16 percent alcohol by volume to licensed retailers and sacramental wine containing not more than 24 percent alcohol by volume to table wine distributors and sacramental wine licensees.

(6) Table wine distributors may sell sacramental wine containing not more than 16 percent alcohol by volume to licensed retailers and sacramental wine containing not more than 24 percent alcohol by volume to sacramental wine licensees.

History: 16-1-303, MCA; IMP, 16-4-107, 16-4-108, 16-4-313, MCA; NEW, 2014 MAR p. 1277, Eff. 6/13/14.