I was wondering... the private individual making wine for own use...how much wine (bottles) can one produce per household? I'm enjoying this hobby but I don't want to go over legal limit . Does it vary from state to state?
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Sorry but State law cannot trump Federal Law. If there is a Federal Law all states must abide by that, they can create their own law where a lesser amount of alcohol can be produced but they cannot go over what Federal law states.I am not sure about this but I think that in some cases State law trumps Federal law so you might want to check that out. That is, even though the Feds say a household of two can make 200 gallons, the State you live in may limit production to less than that. Here in Ohio, it is the same, i.e. 200 gallons for a household of two and it was that way when I lived in PA.
You got that right. It's all about the money. I can buy 10,000 gallons at the State Controlled liquor store but make more than 15 gallons per quarter and you're guilty of a Class B Misdemeanor (I. Am. So. Scared.I do find that Alabama limit a bit excessively limiting.
I would agree.Technically - You produced it so it counts. At least that's what a "bean counting bureaucrat: would say.
So don't keep logs of what you have produced.I would agree.
But if you're not in possession of the wine it would be kind of hard to prove..
I don't have enough real "friends" to give that much wine to.I'm not the one trying to make 500 gallons of wine to "give to friends"...