Permits certain winery license holders to produce wine on behalf of another winery under certain circumstances; establishes supplemental wine production facility license.*
This bill allows winery license holders who produce up to 250,000 gallons of wine annually to sell their wine to other wineries in New Jersey for sale on the buyer's premises, or to sell wine to wineries outside New Jersey in accordance with those states' laws. It establishes a new "supplemental wine production facility sublicense" that permits winery license holders to produce wine at a separate facility they own or lease, with wine sold to other wineries counting toward the buyer's production volume but not the seller's. The bill requires that at least 50% of a winery's annual wine sales must be produced on its own premises. Winery license holders with this sublicense pay a $750 fee and cannot sell wine directly to consumers at the supplemental facility. This change provides wineries with more flexibility in production and distribution while maintaining certain local production requirements.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 10, 2025
Last action Dec 18, 2025
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Total actions
4
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Dec 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Dec 18, 2025
Committee
Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
lower
Dec 11, 2025
Committee
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee
lower
3 primary · 5 co-sponsors
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