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Danville cases breaking new ground for Kentucky ABC

December 18, 2003|LIZ MAPLES

When the Kentucky Alcoholic Beverage Control hears two Danville appeal cases - one for a farm winery and one for the convention center - it will tread on new territory.

There are no other cases, to the knowledge of ABC attorney Steve Humphress, where a community with limited restaurant sales has had either a convention center with a liquor license or a farm winery with either a malt beverage or restaurant wine license.

The hearings for Old Crow Inn winery and Danville Convention Center are set for Jan. 8 in Frankfort and are open to the public.

The ABC's commissioner, distilled spirits administrator and malt beverage administrator will hear the appeals. The city's attorney will present its case, and the applicants will present theirs.

The board will have 90 days to make a decision. That decision can be appealed to the Franklin Circuit Court and then the Kentucky Court of Appeals.

Danville refused to issue licenses, saying it does not have the authority, to the winery and convention center.

Andre Brousseau applied for a retail malt beverage and a restaurant wine license for his winery and bed and breakfast. The restaurant wine license would allow him to serve beverages that are not made in Kentucky, such as Champaign and beer, to his customers who don't drink wine.

Don Vizi, president of the convention center, said he believes that the law allows convention centers to hold liquor licenses to serve guests of conventions and meetings.

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