RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 129 (HB 647) 2023 Regular Session Bourriaque
Existing law provides relative to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.
Existing law provides for definitions of alcoholic beverages for low and high alcoholic
content.
New law adds definitions for "distill, distilling, and distilled" and "manufacturing distillery"
or "manufacturing distiller".
Existing law authorizes wine producers who are not performing any of the prohibited acts
or whose license has not been suspended or revoked as provided in R.S. 26:90, who own and
operate one or more wineries to sell or serve their finished products at retail to consumers
at fairs, festivals, farmers' markets, and similar venues.
New law authorizes manufacturing distillers in compliance with R.S. 26:90 to sell or serve
their products in the same manner as wine producers.
Effective August 1, 2023.
(Amends R.S. 26:85(intro. para.) and (6); Adds R.S. 26:2(35), (36), and 85(7))