Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a farm winery may purchase annually a quantity of bulk wine that does not exceed the greater of the following:
(1) Five thousand five hundred (5,500) gallons.
(2) Fifty percent (50%) of the quantity of wine produced by fermentation by the winery during the previous year.
(b) This subsection applies to a farm winery that suffers a loss of wine inventory due to natural or manmade disaster. If the farm winery documents the inventory loss and obtains permission from the commission, the winery may purchase a quantity of bulk wine not greater than the sum of the following:
(1) The quantity of the winery's wine inventory loss.
(2) The quantity of bulk wine that may be purchased by the farm winery annually under subsection (a).
As added by P.L.41-2002, SEC.3.