License Types: Series 16 Wine Festival/Wine Fair License (Temporary)

Note: Terms in BOLD CAPITALS are defined in the glossary.

PURPOSE:

1. Wine festival license: Allows a licensed domestic farm winery to serve samples of its products on the wine festival premises and the sale of such products in original containers for consumption off the wine festival premises.
2. Wine fair license: Allows a licensed domestic farm winery to serve samples of its products at a sanctioned county or state fair, and the sale of such products in original containers for consumption off the fair premises.

1. Wine festival license: The license is subject to the approval of the governing body of a city or town, or the Board of Supervisors of an unincorporated area of a county, where the wine festival is to take place.

   The Department may issue up to twenty-five (25) wine festival licenses for each calendar year for each licensed domestic farm winery, for up to a cumulative total of seventy-five (75) calendar days per winery.

2. Wine fair license: The license is subject to the permission of the fair organizers.

These are temporary licenses and their issuance is limited to the duration of the wine festival or fair. A domestic farm winery may receive up to twenty-five (25) wine festival licenses per calendar year, with a cumulative total not to exceed seventy-five (75) days per year.

AVERAGE APPROVAL TIME: One (1) to seven (7) days.

FEES: $15.00 for each event.

ARIZONA STATUTES AND REGULATIONS:

ARS 4-203.03, 4-261; Rule R19-1-214.