I am looking to start a wine making club in my area, hosted at my homebrew shop. I didn't know how it had to be constructed and legal - if it had to be similar to the standards for homebrew clubs? Any help, links, and tips are appreciated!
Actually, there are a few places where it is an issue ( like new York - can't sell beer and wine in the same retail space), but it's raredont know your local laws but i would guess you would need to follow all the requirements of a home brew club. I wouldn't see them making a legal distinction between wine or beer
Does anyone actually follow through with the above BS? If you have a X-mas party and serve some homebrew and talk about it do you need "protect individuals"? Look up the first amendment of the US Constitution. The government can not limit your rights to assemble. They want a "wine club" to be structured and insured? OK, don't call it a wine club or homebrew club. Its an "old bottle collectors club" or its an "investor's club" but its really no one's business what your meeting is about or what you are doing. Your rights are only taken away if you allow it to happen.IMy question is if the wine club needs to be structured and have members individually insured like the beer clubs do. Beer clubs must have the pres, vp, etc as well as by laws and such regardless of where they meet to protect the individuals and the club. I'm looking to see if wine clubs require the same thing.
When it applies to lawsuits, it won't be the Feds that cause trouble. Maybe individuals get too wrapped around the axle on some of this stuff, but the bottom line is if you have assets, you need to protect them. If an attorney decides it is worth the trouble to sue, they will. "Judgment proof" only applies if you don't have any money. This is the "deep pocket" theory of litigation.Does anyone actually follow through with the above BS? If you have a X-mas party and serve some homebrew and talk about it do you need "protect individuals"? Look up the first amendment of the US Constitution. The government can not limit your rights to assemble.
I agree, the business of govt is to operate in a fiscal responsible way and protect the people of America, neither of which is happening at present, so all bets are offDoes anyone actually follow through with the above BS? If you have a X-mas party and serve some homebrew and talk about it do you need "protect individuals"? Look up the first amendment of the US Constitution. The government can not limit your rights to assemble. They want a "wine club" to be structured and insured? OK, don't call it a wine club or homebrew club. Its an "old bottle collectors club" or its an "investor's club" but its really no one's business what your meeting is about or what you are doing. Your rights are only taken away if you allow it to happen.
I went on the AHA website and followed the links to North Carolina "homemade wine and malt beverage events" regulations. I read through it, nothing I could see that says how homebrew clubs need to be structured or what else they have to do.In the state of North Carolina, it's ok. Homebrew clubs have charters and insurances, and the store has their insurances where they end up meeting and covering. There are homebrew shops that host beer clubs, and wine clubs would fall under the same category. My question is if the wine club needs to be structured and have members individually insured like the beer clubs do. Beer clubs must have the pres, vp, etc as well as by laws and such regardless of where they meet to protect the individuals and the club. I'm looking to see if wine clubs require the same thing.