NEW YORK WINERIES NOW ABLE TO SELL NON-WINE PRODUCTS

Legislation that allows wineries to sell non-wine items passed both the New York state senate and assembly last week.

The current law only allowed wineries to sell non-wine products if they represented the winery or the state, such as “I Love NY” t-shirts, essentially banning them from selling things like cokes or bottled water.

Under the new law, wineries can sell wine-related products such as artwork, literature, music and food.