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  • Brief description

    If you wish to operate a wine tavern, you must notify the responsible municipality at least two weeks before the start of operation.

  • Description

    In principle, you require a restaurant permit in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the German Restaurant Act (GastG) to operate a restaurant serving alcohol.

    However, the serving of home-produced wine or home-produced cider is privileged under certain conditions and only requires notification to the municipality (§§ 4 ff. Bavarian Restaurant Ordinance - BayGastV).

    Only the serving of self-produced wine or self-produced cider for a period of four consecutive months or in two consecutive periods totaling four months per year is permitted without a permit.

    You must observe the following specifications in particular:

    • Only wine or cider made from fruit that has been produced by the company itself may be served.
    • The serving of wine in a wine tavern is only permitted in rooms located in the municipality of the producer's business.
    • The serving of wine in a wine tavern may not take place in rooms that have been rented specifically for this purpose.
    • An ostrich restaurant may not be combined with another pub or restaurant.
    • There may be no more than 40 seats in an ostrich restaurant.
    • Only cold and simply prepared hot dishes may be served in a wine tavern.
    • The sale of bottled beer, non-alcoholic beverages that are not served by the Straußwirt in his establishment, and tobacco and confectionery in street sales is not permitted.

    Only the serving of home-produced wine or home-produced cider is privileged. If you also want to serve other alcoholic beverages, you require a pub license. The same applies if you want to operate the business for longer than a maximum of four months a year.

    You must notify the competent municipality at least two weeks before the start of operation and provide the following information

    • the period during which the serving is to take place,
    • the place where the fruit used for the wine or cider was pressed and the wine was matured,
    • the rooms intended for the operation of the wine tavern.

  • Prerequisites

    No doubts about reliability.

  • Deadlines

    The notification must be submitted two weeks before the start of operation.

  • Required documents

    valid identity card or passport

    Detailed information for wine taverns

    Notification with the following information: - period during which the wine is to be served, - place where the fruit used for the wine or cider was pressed and the wine was matured, - the rooms intended for the operation of the wine tavern.

    in the case of authorization: a written power of attorney and identification of the principal and the authorized representative

  • Costs

    none

  • Legal basis

  • Legal remedy

    Administrative court action

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