PA 04-111—HB 5453

General Law Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING FARM WINERIES

SUMMARY: This act relaxes one of the standards for operating a Connecticut farm winery. A farm winery is a business located on a farm that manufactures and sells wine and brandies distilled from grape and other fruit products, such as brandy, grappa, and eau-de-vie.

The Liquor Control Act required, as a condition for obtaining a permit, a farm winery to produce in the state an average crop of fruit equal to at least 51% of the fruit used to manufacture the farm’s wine. The act reduces the percentage to 25%.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2004