SB166 Summary

• Allows licensed wineries manufacturing less than 50,000 gallons of table wine per year to obtain a permit for one additional off-site tasting room in addition to their on-site tasting room.

• Off-site tasting rooms may conduct tastings, samplings, and retail sales of the winery's table wine, with a limit of one case per customer per day for off-premises consumption.

• Permits an association representing the majority of wineries and grape growers to establish and operate one shared off-site tasting room for tastings, samplings, and retail sales of member wineries' table wines.

• Requires applicants for off-site permits to file written applications with the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and local governing authorities, including a $50 filing fee.

• Applies all state and federal laws and regulations applicable to on-site tasting rooms to off-site tasting rooms, with the bill becoming effective three months after passage.