This subject is complicated in NY.
There is nothing logical about the separation of who can sell beer, wine or spirits. It’s all about the political clout and access of wholesalers–beer protecting its, wine and spirits protecting its, politicians feeding at the trough.
As for the “new” treatment of beer–and distilled spirits–the governor has opened those two product markets in a similar way that the 1976 Farm Winery Act opened markets to smaller wineries. Before '76, there were no tasting rooms in NY and there was no direct winery access to consumers.
All of the so-called “farm” legislation applies to production maximums: the original 50,000 gallons for wine has been raised to 150,000 gallons. I have no idea what the limits on beer or distilled spirits are, but when a producer is under the limit, its beer and distilled drinks can be tasted in tasting rooms, poured from taps, and so on–and the producers are allowed to operate multiple tasting rooms within the state.
That wine still cannot be sold in grocery stores remains strictly a political/access issue. There’s big money at the wholesaler level and it flows both ways.