Farm Winery Manufacturer: Allows you to manufacture, store, and bottle wine and brandies distilled from grapes or other fruits; includes grappa and eau-de-vie.
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Wholesale: You may wholesale what you make to retail permit holders if you make 100,000 gallons or less per year, and limited to 15 gallons/container. You may also appoint a wholesaler.
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Tastings: May offer tastings to customers at your WINERY.
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On-premises retail sales: You may sell your wine to customers to drink at your premises. Limited to your own products, or other Connecticut-made wine and brandy manufactured from fruit grown in CT but distilled in another state.
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Off-premises retail sales: You may sell sealed wine you make to customers to take with them and drink elsewhere.
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Crops: At least 25% of the fruit used in your manufacturing must be grown on land owned or controlled by the winery.