licensed domestic farm
wineries; requirements
HB 2012 allows domestic farm wineries to apply for on-sale retailer licenses, which would allow the wineries to sell spirituous liquors in addition to their own wine.
A domestic farm winery is defined as one that yields between two hundred gallons and seventy-five thousand gallons of wine annually. Seventy five per cent of the grapes used must have been grown in Arizona. A person must apply for a license from the Department of Liquor Licenses and Control to operate a domestic farm winery. This license allows a domestic farm winery to produce wine and to sell wine only from that winery for consumption on or off the premises.
An on-sale retailer is defined as “any person operating an establishment where spirituous liquors are sold in the original container for consumption on or off the premises, or in individual portions for consumption on the premises”. (ARS 4-101) There are several types of on-sale retailer licenses, which must be obtained from the Department of Liquor Licenses and Control. The application process includes notice to local governing bodies and residents in the vicinity and provisions for a hearing.