General News: State Law Would Benefit Local Wineries
March 27, 2008
The New York State Senate has passed a bill sponsored by Senator Bill Larkin (R-C, Cornwall-on-Hudson) that would help farm wineries by allowing them to sell wine at roadside stands.
Larkin says that he introduced the measure after Hudson Valley winery owners told him that it would help their marketing and profits if they could sell their locally-produced wine at farm stands.
The new bill would license farm stands to sell wine from up to two wineries that are located within 20 miles of the stand. All sales will be in sealed bottles for off-premise consumption and no wine tastings would be allowed at the farm stand.
"Current law requires all farm stands to go through the same rigorous licensing process as a full-time wine shop if they are going to sell any kind of wine,” Larkin said in a press release. “This is impractical for small area farms that are only trying to sell a limited number of products at a roadside stand. This bill simply gives farmers another local product to sell. It helps both the farmers and the local wineries."
The bill is supported by the New York State Farm Bureau and following approval by the State senate, it was sent to the Assembly.
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