"Doug Miller" > wrote in message
y.com...
> In article k.net>, "Bob"
> wrote:
> >
> >"Doug Miller" > wrote in message
> gy.com...
> >> In article >, kenny
> > wrote:
> >> >I would like to produce 200 gallons of wine each year and do
> >> >it from my own grape vines.
> >>
> >> Leaving aside for the moment any discussion of how many vines you need
to
> >> plant... what are you planning to do with 200 gallons of wine per year?
> >You do
> >> know, I hope, that it's illegal to sell home-produced wine;
technically,
> >it's
> >> not even legal to give it away. Are you really intending to drink
> >_two_quarts_
> >> daily?
> > I was not aware that it is illegal to give it away. Do you have an
ATF
> >ruling on that?
>
> U.S. law allows limited production of wine at home "for personal or family
> use" including removing it from the premises "for personal or family use"
> specifically INcluding organized tastings and competitions. "Personal or
> family use" clearly includes bringing a bottle or two along when you go to
a
> friend's house for dinner and you'll be drinking it along with your
friend,
> but it's a little harder to make the case that simply giving it away when
you
> won't be actually consuming any of it yourself is also included under this
> heading. As a practical matter, I imagine that prosecutions for doing so
are
> quite rare, but also as a practical matter I would prefer to not be in the
> position of having to argue the point with an ATF agent.
>
> http://www.atf.gov/alcohol/info/faq/subpages/24_75.htm
Thank you very much, Doug. I try to stay out of trouble too.
Fortunately, most of my friends do not drink at all. I have given some away,
only to find that they never drank it. I gave some to a friend once, and
found it two years later in the bottom of her fridge, untouched. <sigh>