Opinion No.

The Honorable Steve Bell State Senator 500 East Main, Suite 208 Batesville, Arkansas 72501

Dear Senator Bell:

This is in response to your request for an opinion on whether "House Bill 2120 prohibits members of the Arkansas Home Vintner Club in `dry' counties from making wine in their homes, where the wine is strictly for personal consumption and not for sale."

It is my opinion that House Bill 2120, which became identical Acts 1010 and 1060 of 1997, does not address the legality of such conduct, but pre-existing law makes such manufacture unlawful.

The subtitle of each of the relevant acts states…