Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, which is administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the application, issuance, and suspension of alcoholic beverage licenses. Existing law authorizes licensed winegrowers and brandy manufacturers to exercise their license privileges away from their licensed premises at, or from, branch offices or warehouses or United States bonded wine cellars located away from the place of production or manufacture, subject to specified exceptions. One of the exceptions to this authorization is production or manufacture.
This bill would specify that the exception of production or manufacture does not include mere storage of wine or topping of wine barrels.

Statutes affected:
AB 720: 23390 BPC
02/14/25 - Introduced: 23390 BPC