175A.1 - DEFINITIONS. - Iowa Statutes

175A.1 DEFINITIONS. 1. "Commission" means the grape and wine development commission as established pursuant to section 175A.2. 2. "Department" means the department of agriculture and land stewardship. 3. "Fund" means the grape and wine development fund created pursuant to section 175A.5. 4. "Grower" means a person who owns a vineyard and is actively engaged in growing grapes on a commercial basis in this state for use by a winery. 5. "Retail seller" means a person actively engaged in the business of selling wine in this state on a retail basis. 6. "Vineyard" means a tract of land used for growing grapes used in making wine. 7. "Wine" means the same as defined in section 123.3. 8. "Winemaker" means a person who owns a winery and is actively engaged in producing wine in this state on a commercial basis. 9. "Winery" means a commercial operation using grapes for the production of wine on a commercial basis.          Section History: Recent Form 2001 Acts, ch 162, §2