2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 60: Business Licenses
Article 6B: License Provisions, 60-6B-1 through 60-6B-19
Section 60-6B-19: Retailers and dispensers; segregated sales; table wines excepted.

60-6B-19. Retailers and dispensers; segregated sales; table wines excepted.

A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, the director shall by regulation develop procedures for segregated alcohol sales by every retailer or dispenser who sells alcoholic beverages in unbroken packages for consumption and not for resale off the licensed premises and whose sales are less than sixty percent of their total sales, giving serious consideration in the regulation process to the potentially adverse impact of segregated sales on different sizes of the establishments of the retailer or dispenser.

B. There shall not be segregated sales of table wine by retailers or dispensers who sell alcoholic beverages in the manner described in Subsection A of this section.

C. For purposes of this section, "table wine" means wine containing fourteen percent or less alcohol by volume when bottled or packaged by the manufacturer, but may also include:

(1) wine that is sealed or capped by cork closure and aged two years or more;

(2) wine that contains more than fourteen percent alcohol by volume produced solely as a result of the natural fermentation process and not produced with the addition of wine spirits, brandy or alcohol; or

(3) vermouth and sherry.