New York Laws
Article 6 - Special Provisions Relating to Wine
77 - Custom Winemakers' Center.

(a) conduct training classes on how to manufacture wine; and
(b) conduct wine tastings for those individuals taking such classes
and/or using such facilities for the production of wine at the licensed
facility provided that the tastings shall be subject to the following
limitations:
(i) tastings shall be conducted by the licensee or by an official
agent of the licensee. Such licensee or agent shall be physically
present at all times during the conduct of the tastings; and
(ii) any liability stemming from a right of action resulting from a
tasting of wine as authorized herein and in accordance with the
provisions of sections 11-100 and 11-101 of the general obligations law,
shall accrue to such center.
4. The custom winemakers' center licensee shall be subject to the
supervision of the authority to ensure that the licensee and the
individuals utilizing such center are in compliance with the provisions
of this chapter, state laws, rules, and regulations, and the laws,
rules, and regulations of the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau.
5. The licensee or an official agent of the licensee shall be
physically present at all times during the facility's hours of
operations.
6. The annual aggregate production of wine at any such center for all
individuals making wine at such premises, pursuant to a custom
winemakers' center license, shall not exceed the production limits set
forth by the authority that are commensurate with a non-commercial

production facility. Provided that such aggregate production limit shall
not be offset by wine produced at such facility under a winery's license
or farm winery license.
7. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the authority
may issue a custom winemakers' center license to the holder of a farm
winery or winery license for use at such licensee's existing licensed
premises.
8. The authority is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and
regulations to effectuate the purposes of this section.
9. The licensee must maintain a record of the name, address, and
contact information of the individual or individuals that have used such
facility and the annual amount of wine produced by each individual at
the facility pursuant to the rules of the authority.