Bill > A4039

Introduced Session

This bill allows the holder of an instructional winemaking facility license to serve wine for consumption at events on the licensed premises for the purpose of promoting winemaking for personal or household use or consumption. In addition, the bill allows these instructional winemaking facilities to donate wine to nonprofit or other charitable organizations. Under current law, the holder of an instructional winemaking facility license is entitled to instruct persons and assist them in the wine making process. The licensed winemaking facility may hold events, including an event or affair at which a plenary retail consumption licensee serves alcoholic beverages. The holder of an instructional winemaking facility license also may manufacture wine on the premises in an amount that does not exceed 10 percent of the wine annually produced on the premises, which may only be used to replace quantities lost or discarded during the winemaking process. This bill increases this amount to 15 percent and removes the requirement that wine manufactured on the premises is only to be used to replace quantities lost or discarded during the winemaking process. Under the bill, the instructional winemaking facility would be allowed to serve wine manufactured on the premises during certain events. The instructional winemaking facility would be allowed to donate the wine to nonprofit or other charitable organizations and provide wine sampling at events sponsored by these organizations. The bill also allows instructional winemaking facilities to sell samples for a nominal charge.

AI Summary

Committee Categories

Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D)*,  Andrew Zwicker (D)*, 

Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading (on 02/14/2019)