Bill > S1861

Introduced Session

This bill revises the acreage requirement for a plenary winery. Under current law, a person is eligible to hold a plenary winery license if the person is engaged in growing and cultivating grapes or fruit used in the production of wine on at least three acres of land on, or adjacent to, the winery premises. Current law also provides that issuance of a plenary winery license allows a holder to sell products at retail to consumers at the winery and its retail outlets. This bill permits the operation of wineries that do not meet the land requirement, but prohibits those wineries from selling their products at retail. Wineries will retain the right to sell products at retail under the bill if they grow and cultivate grapes on three acres situated on or within five miles of the winery premises.

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Nilsa Cruz-Perez (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee (on 02/15/2018)