Off-site winery retail store licence

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Overview

An off-site winery retail store licence allows a winery to sell their wine at a retail store that isn’t part of their production site. 

Off-site winery retail stores located in host stores

When an off-site winery retail store is inside a host store, like a grocery store, and isn’t a wine boutique, these rules apply:  

  • The winery retail store must be self-contained. It must operate separately from the host store business, or any other business to whom the host store operator has leased space.  
  • A winery that has an off-site winery retail store licence must own or lease the space for the winery retail store.
  • The winery retail store must have a separate payment system (e.g., cash register, point of sale terminal).  


The winery retail store must be: 

  • Distinct from the host store or any other businesses that leases space from the host store.
  • Located outside controlled entrances and exits of the host store, such as turnstiles and check-out counters.  
  • At the entrance if customers don’t have to go through a controlled entrance or exit at the host store.

Eligibility

You need a winery manufacturer’s licence to have an off-site winery retail store licence. 

If you have an off-site winery retail store licence, you might be able to get a wine boutique endorsement. This would let you to have a winery retail store inside a grocery store shopping area.