Food products sold to the public need to be prepared in commercial kitchens or other facilities that are inspected and licensed by your local health department. You might begin by calling them to find out what they require to prepare wine. Because you plan to sell your wine, you need to register your business name and entity type with your state or county agency that handles such matters, often the secretary of state's office. If your city requires business licenses, then you will need one. If your state collects sales tax you will need a sales tax permit. You may want to make an appointment to visit with a counselor at a small business development center or SCORE office. Their services are free and they can help you be sure you have contacted all the necessary agencies and have all the required permits.

Ok, finally a question that I sink my teeth into! ABC is going to permit you for at least one site and likely two. That's usually a home office and a warehouse when first starting up-I doubt they're ok with you storing in your gargage, but you never know. You should make other plans if they won't approve it, there should be both custom crush facilities as well as private wine storage lockers in your area which have permits either available, or already on file. Wine isn't food and the requirements are quite different. Since you want to sell to both buyers as well as restaurants-you're going to need to have proper permits. Off hand, 9/17/20 are all likely necessary. Without a tasting room or storefront, you won't be able to do anything in regards to cash and carry-so wine will have to be shipped to your buyers. Have you spoken with UPS/Fedex/GSO in regards to getting accounts set up? Fedex and UPS are more expensive, but go national (for the most part, minus Penn and Mass) Lastly-if you follow the link at the bottom of my post, you'll see my company site. On the about us page, feel free to contact me using that email-I'm happy to help because I think you might need it. We needed help when we applied for permits about a year ago and wasted a lot of time because we didn't have enough of it.