Thursday, June 12, 2025

Farm wineries rule relaxed


 

The Ministry of the Attorney General (MAG) plans to allow  licensed wineries to sell wine produced at another site at their on-farm retail outlet.


There are conditions.


The wine must have been produced by the same manufacturer at a production site they no longer operate that had a retail store endorsement.


Also permitted is the sale of wine that was produced by a related licensee (i.e., a different manufacturer with a common shareholder) that is surrendering its licence. 


The related licensee who made the wine would need to have a retail store endorsement for their production site, and the wine being transferred would need to be a type of wine eligible to be sold under the retail store endorsement held by the licensee receiving the wine.


There would be other technical/administrative restrictions, including a ban on paying for the transferred wine.