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Winegrowers and small wineries split on bills to allow wine-by-the-glass and shared production
Summary
The committee heard competing testimony on S41 12 and S41 13: larger winegrowers and industry groups supported allowing wine-by-the-glass at winery-operated sales rooms and shared production facilities to boost revenue and efficiency; a small farm winery warned the changes would let larger operations undercut tiny producers and urged rejection or revision.
Committee members heard extended testimony on two companion bills, S41 12 and S41 13, proposing to allow certain New Jersey wineries to sell wine by the glass at winery-operated sales rooms and to permit supplemental production off the primary farm or cooperative production among wineries.
David Wollam, owner of Old York Cellars and a past chair of the Garden State Winegrowers Association, testified in favor and described a 20% drop in New Jersey winery…
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