Can your winery ship wine to Rhode Island?

Rhode Island DTC wine shipping requirementsCan a winery ship wine directly to consumers in Rhode Island?No. No DTC permit exists — remote DTC is prohibited outright, not permit-exempt. Last verified 2026-08-01 against primary sources; next review due 2026-10-30.

DTC shipping

Not generally permitted

Permit required

No DTC permit exists — remote DTC is prohibited outright, not permit-exempt

Licence

None — Rhode Island issues no direct wine shipper licence

Application fee

N/A — no DTC licence exists, so no DTC application fee

Bond required

Volume cap

No statutory volume limit; the constraint is qualitative — the order must be personally placed by the purchaser at the manufacturer's premises and shipped for a nonbusiness purpose

Sales tax

No DTC sales-tax registration regime exists; general remote-seller nexus rules are not clearly excluded

State sales-tax rate

7% (general state sales and use tax; no wine- or DTC-specific rate)

Excise tax

No — the Alcohol Import Tax is filed by licensed Rhode Island distributors and manufacturers, not by an unlicensed out-of-state winery

Excise rate

$1.40 per gallon still wine (fortified or not); $0.75 per gallon sparkling wine; $0.30 per gallon still wine made entirely from fruit grown in Rhode Island

Shipment reports

No DTC shipment report exists; § 3-6-14(b) imposes a shipment-reporting duty on Certificate of Compliance holders

Record retention

Not applicable

Product registration

No DTC brand registration exists; § 3-6-14 requires an out-of-state person's Certificate of Compliance to list each brand transported into Rhode Island, at $40 per brand per year

Approved carriers

Not applicable

Regulator

Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation, Division of Commercial Licensing — Liquor Enforcement and Compliance Section

Last verified

2026-08-01

Next review due

2026-10-30

Verified 2026-08-01 by primary-source audit against 32 primary sources; next review due 2026-10-30. How we verify.

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