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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

AN ACT REGULATING THE PRODUCTION OF FORTIFIED WINES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:


Section 19B of chapter 138 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out subsection (f), as appearing in the 1996 Official Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

(f) A winegrower may import the unfermented juice of fruits, flowers, herbs or vegetables and may, using wine produced by the winegrower, distill wine on the premises of the winegrower for the sole purpose of fortifying other wines produced by the winegrower; provided, however, that a winegrower may not import wine or alcohol into the commonwealth.

Approved September 11, 1998.