(1) A vintner's restaurant license may be issued to a person operating a vintner's restaurant and also selling alcohol beverages for consumption on the premises.

(2) During the hours established in section 44-3-901 (6)(b), vinous liquors manufactured by a vintner's restaurant licensee on the licensed premises may be:

(a) Furnished for consumption on the premises;

(b) Sold to independent wholesalers for distribution to licensed retailers;

(c) Sold to the public in sealed containers for off-premises consumption. Only vinous liquors fermented, manufactured, and packaged on the premises by the licensee shall be sold in sealed containers.

(d) Sold at wholesale to licensed retailers in an amount up to fifty thousand gallons per calendar year.

(3) (a) Every person selling alcohol beverages pursuant to this section shall purchase the alcohol beverages, other than those that are manufactured at the licensed vintner's restaurant, from a wholesaler licensed pursuant to this article 3 or article 4 of this title 44; except that, during a calendar year, a person may purchase not more than two thousand dollars' worth of:

(I) Malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors from a retailer licensed pursuant to section 44-3-409 or 44-3-410; and

(II) Fermented malt beverages from a retailer licensed pursuant to section 44-4-104 (1)(c).

(b) The vintner's restaurant licensee shall retain evidence of each purchase of malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors from a retailer licensed pursuant to section 44-3-409 or 44-3-410 and each purchase of fermented malt beverages from a retailer licensed pursuant to section 44-4-104 (1)(c), in the form of a purchase receipt showing the name of the licensed retailer, the date of purchase, a description of the alcohol beverages purchased, and the price paid for the alcohol beverages. The licensee shall retain the receipt and make it available to state and local licensing authorities at all times during business hours.

(4) A vintner's restaurant licensee may sell alcohol beverages for on-premises consumption only if at least fifteen percent of the gross on-premises food and drink income of the business of the licensed premises is from the sale of food.

(5) (a) Subject to subsection (5)(b) of this section, it is unlawful for an owner, part owner, shareholder, or person interested directly or indirectly in a vintner's restaurant license to conduct, own either in whole or in part, or be directly or indirectly interested in another business licensed pursuant to this article 3 or article 4 of this title 44.

(b) A person interested directly or indirectly in a vintner's restaurant license may conduct, own either in whole or in part, or be directly or indirectly interested in a license described in section 44-3-401 (1)(j) to (1)(t), (1)(v), or (1)(w), 44-3-412 (1), or 44-4-104 (1)(c) or in a financial institution referred to in section 44-3-308 (4).