HB568 Alabama 2021 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2021

Title

Alcoholic beverages, wine festivals authorized, licensed by ABC Board, allow tastings and sale of wine, Sec. 28-3A-20.3 added.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, a winery may not sell its own beverages for on-premises or off-premises consumption at a special event, but rather, must go through a distributor in order for its beverages to be sold at the special event</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would authorize certain wineries, an organization comprised entirely of grape growers or wineries or both, certain retailers, a municipality, a county, or an incorporated arts council or main street program or downtown development entity to obtain a license from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to hold a wine festival where wine festival participant licensees may provide tastings and sell their wine for on-premises or off-premises consumption, under certain conditions</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would require the board to adopt rules and issue licenses for wine festivals</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to wine; to add Section 28-3A-20.4 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to provide for licensure for wine festivals and wine festival participants; to authorize a winery to provide tastings and sell its wine for on-premises or off-premises consumption at a wine festival; and to require the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to adopt rules and issue licenses. </p>

Subjects

Alcoholic Beverages