Article: Wineries continue push for Easter Sunday sales

Restrictions on the sale of wine on Easter Sunday continue to irk wineries in the Nelson region.

They can't see why they should have to apply for a special licence to sell bottles of wine to take off the premises on what is one of their busiest days of the year.

They hope lobbying by the wine industry will persuade the Government to lift the restrictions.

A law change last year means that on Easter Sunday, wineries can only sell wine with meals, and not bottles of wine to take away.

Last-minute exemptions were granted just before Easter last year through the New Zealand Wine Institute, but this year wineries have had to apply for special licences.

The Tasman District Council said it had ...

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