Manufacturer’s or distiller’s licenses – Qualifications of applicants – Fees – Permits to solicit orders – Penalty – Rules and regulations – Alternating proprietorship agreement

(a) A manufacturer‘s or distiller‘s license may be issued, as hereinafter provided, for the manufacturing of alcoholic spirituous beverages or vintage alcoholic beverages. Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to manufacture for commercial purposes any alcoholic spirituous beverages or vintage alcoholic beverages shall make application to the commission for a license to manufacture the same, which application shall be in writing and verified, on the forms herein authorized, to be prescribed and furnished; and, thereupon, the commission may grant such license, subject to this chapter. Ask a legal question, get an answer ASAP!(i) Seven hundred (700) or more, according to the 2010 federal census or a subsequent federal census. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Rectifier: means and includes any person who rectifies, purifies or refines distilled spirits or wines by any process other than as provided for on distillery premises, and every person who, without rectifying, purifying or refining distilled spirits, shall, by mixing such spirits, wine or other liquor with any material, manufacture any imitation of, or compounds liquors for sale under the name of, whiskey, brandy, gin, rum, wine, spirits, cordials, bitters or any other name. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Wholesaler: means any person who sells at wholesale any beverage for the sale of which a license is required under this chapter. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101Wine: means the product of the normal alcoholic fermentation of the juice of dried or fresh, sound, ripe grapes, fruit, or other agricultural products, with the usual cellar treatment and necessary additions to correct defects due to climatic, saccharine, and seasonal conditions, including champagne, sparkling, and fortified wine of an alcoholic content not to exceed twenty-one percent (21%) by volume. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101Winery: means and includes any place or premises wherein wines are manufactured from any fruit or brandies distilled as the by-product of wine or other fruit or cordials compounded, and also includes a winery for the manufacture of wine. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105(b) All applicants if individuals must be citizens of the United States, and all stockholders of any corporate licensee must likewise be citizens of the United States. (c) Such license shall not be issued unless and until there be paid to the commission a separate license fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000). (d) Before an individual owner, officer, employee, or representative of any manufacturer, rectifier, or importer may solicit orders from a licensed wholesaler in this state, such individual owner, officer, employee, or representative shall be the holder of a permit issued by the commission. The fee for such permit shall be fifty dollars ($50.00). Such permit shall authorize the holder to solicit orders upon the premises of a licensed wholesaler. A representative may sell the products of, or represent more than one (1) manufacturer, rectifier, or importer and such affiliates or subsidiaries that the manufacturer, rectifier, or importer may control by means of ownership or the ownership of a controlling stock interest. (e) “Vintage alcoholic beverages,” as used in this section, means all wine sold by wholesalers licensed under § 57-3-203. (f) (1) A manufacturer’s license may be issued to a person, firm or corporation for the limited purpose of blending nonalcoholic products with alcoholic beverages on premises, either on its own behalf or on behalf of other entities pursuant to contract. (2) A licensee under this subsection (f) may obtain the alcoholic beverages for use in its blending operations from any entity holding a license or permit issued under this section, §§ 57-2-104, 57-3-203, 57-3-207, and part 6 of this chapter. (3) A license may be issued to a manufacturer, under this subsection (f), notwithstanding the requirements of § 57-3-106. (4) A manufacturer, licensed under this subsection (f) for the limited purpose of blending, may sell, distribute or transport the product produced from its blending operations in accordance with this title. (g) Notwithst