Manufacturer of Wine Cider and Mead

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Manufacturer of Wine, Cider, and Mead: Allows you to manufacture, store, and bottle wine, cider not exceeding 6% abv, mead, eau-de-vie, and apply brandy.  

  • 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/containerYou may also appoint a wholesaler. 

  • Tastings: May offer tastings to customers at your brewery. 

  • On-premises retail sales: You may sell to customers to drink at your premisesLimited to your own products, or other Connecticut-made wine, cider not exceeding 6% abv, mead, apple wine not exceeding 15% abv, apply brandy, eau-de-vie, and brandy manufactured from fruit grown in CT but distilled in another state. 

  • Off-premises retail sales: You may sell sealed products you make to customers to take with them and drink elsewhere. 

  • Fees: $200 (Full Year)
    $133.33 (Six Months) 

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