The 2009 Viticulture/Enology Act, House Bill 667, makes improvements in the ever-growing wine industry in North Carolina. There are now wineries, large and small, in 17 counties.
This bill would exempt a uniiversity or community college teaching wine production from having to secure an ABC permit, allow small wineries one satellite location to sell their wine, and allow a retail outlet to sell wine whenever the outlet is open unless there are local restrictions.
The bill passed 115-0 and will go over to the Senate.
