DTC Wine Shipping Permits: How to Get Licensed by State

How to get a DTC wine shipping permit, state by state.A winery is licensed first in its own state. Every other state it wants to ship into directly is a separate decision, with its own application, fee and renewal cycle — and in some states a bond or a registration for every label.This page sets out what to have in place before you apply, what varies between states, and the permit details for every jurisdiction, word for word from the compliance guide.Before you apply anywhereThe destination state will expect the winery to be operating lawfully at home: approved by TTB to operate a bonded winery premises, filed through Permits Online, and licensed by its own state.Where a state requires product registration, it is a filing separate from the permit, made for each label. The registration column below gives each state's rule and fee.Wine compliance, explained — federal permits and labelsWhat differs from state to stateThe permit itself. Most states that allow direct shipment issue a dedicated direct-shipper permit. A few issue none, though a tax or reporting registration may still apply, and a few do not generally permit direct shipment at all.The cost. The application fee and the renewal fee are not always the same, and some states add a surety bond or a per-label registration fee on top of the permit.The term. Permits run for different periods and expire on different dates, so a winery licensed in several states has several renewal deadlines.Which states are worth a permitWhether a state is worth licensing is a cases-per-year question, not a legal one: the permit, renewal, registration and filing costs against the margin on the wine you expect to ship there.Is a state licence worth it? Break-even calculatorKeeping permits currentCompliance Vine tracks which licences you hold and flags orders into states where you hold none, so an order does not ship on a permit you do not have.Compliance Vine LIVEDirect-shipper permits, all 51 jurisdictions

Alabama (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Direct Wine Shipper License (Type 500)

Application fee: $200

Renewal fee: $150 per year

Bond required: No — no surety bond reaches an out-of-state direct wine shipper, from either the ABC Board or the Department of Revenue

Product registration: Required

Alaska (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Manufacturer Direct Shipment License (AS 04.09.370), plus a Department of Revenue alcoholic beverage 'direct shipper' license

Application fee: $200 biennial + $300-500

Renewal fee: $500 every two years to AMCO — $300 non-refundable renewal application fee plus the $200 biennial license fee. $0 to the Department of Revenue for the separate, mandatory direct shipper license (annual, 1 July–30 June).

Bond required: No

Product registration: Not Required

Arizona (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Direct Shipment License (DLLC designation: Series 17W — Direct Shipment Wine / Direct to Consumer Wine Shipment)

Application fee: $225 issuance (new licence); $175 annual renewal; plus $22 fingerprint processing fee per officer/member; $150 late-renewal penalty

Renewal fee: $175.00 per year. Flat — it is not prorated and there is no half-year renewal rate. A $150 late-filing penalty is added if the renewal is not submitted on or before the expiration date (28/29 February, all counties).

Bond required: Yes

Product registration: Not applicable

Arkansas (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Wine Direct Shipper License (statutory name, Ark. Code Ann. § 3-5-1703); ABC's application form is titled 'Direct Wine Shipping Permit' (form ABC-WS)

Application fee: $50.00 initial application fee; $25.00 annual renewal fee

Renewal fee: $25.00 per year

Bond required: No

Product registration: Required — every brand and brand label extension must be registered with ABC before its first shipment, via the Product Registration Online (PRO) system, supported by a TTB Certificate of Label Approval

California (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Wine Direct Shipper Permit (License Type 82)

Application fee: $125 application fee, plus the $30 annual fee due with the application ($155 initial outlay); $30 per year to renew

Renewal fee: $30 per year

Bond required: No — no bond is required to obtain or hold a Type 82 Wine Direct Shipper Permit. CDTFA has discretionary authority to require security from an alcoholic beverage taxpayer (if imposed: not less than $500), but it is not a condition of the permit or of registration.

Product registration: Not Required

Colorado (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Winery Direct Shipper's Permit

Application fee: $100.00

Renewal fee: $100.00 permit renewal fee, plus the state's Annual Renewal Application Fee of $275.00 charged on every renewal (effective 1 July 2026; $250.00 before that date) — $375.00 payable at renewal. Annual.

Bond required: No

Product registration: Not required. Colorado brand/product registration is a three-tier importation filing that does not reach a winery direct shipper's permittee; the permittee instead lists its intended brands on the DR 8475 permit application itself.

Connecticut (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes — and it is one of four registrations: the DCP permit, a DRS sales-and-use-tax seller's permit, a DRS chapter 220 alcoholic-beverages distributor licence, and registration with the CT Secretary of the State

Licence: Out-of-State Winery Shipper's Permit for Wine (DCP short name: 'Out-of-State Winery Shipper')

Application fee: $415 in year one ($315 annual permit fee + $100 nonrefundable initial application fee); $315 per year on renewal. The $600 figure belongs to a different permit (out-of-state retailer shipper's permit for wine).

Renewal fee: $315 per year

Bond required: Yes

Product registration: Required — every brand must be registered with DCP before shipping, at $200 per brand for out-of-state shippers, valid three years. An annual price posting by January 6 is a second, separate obligation the guide omits entirely.

Delaware (Not generally permitted, verified 2026-10-01)

Permit required: Yes — a wine direct shipper licence under 4 Del. C. § 526 is required from 2026-08-15, and the delivering carrier needs a separate § 527 common carrier licence. Before that date no permit of any kind authorises shipment to a Delaware consumer's home.

Licence: Wine Direct Shipper License (4 Del. C. § 526, effective 2026-08-15); the fee provision § 554(jj) calls it a licence 'as a direct shipper as provided in § 526 of this title'. A separate common carrier licence under § 527 is required of the delivering carrier.

Application fee: $400 biennial licence fee, or $3,600 biennial if the licensee ships more than 200 cases annually to Delaware residents (4 Del. C. § 554(jj), effective 2026-08-15). Common carrier licence: $500 biennial (§ 554, per 85 Del. Laws c. 139). Potentially an additional $1,000 application process fee under § 554(x) where the application requires investigation or a hearing.

Renewal fee: Not yet verified

Bond required: Not yet verified

Product registration: Not required — no brand, label or product registration with the Commissioner; federal label compliance still applies, and the licence application requires a copy of the applicant's state alcohol licence and Federal Basic Permit

District of Columbia (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: No — no ABCA licence or permit exists or is required for shipments within the one-case-per-resident-per-month allowance. Separately: an OTR sales-tax registration IS required once economic nexus is met.

Licence: No ABCA alcohol licence or permit (none exists for out-of-state DTC). Tax registration only: OTR 'Certificate of Registration' obtained via Form FR-500 on MyTax.DC.gov.

Application fee: N/A — no ABCA licence exists, so no fee. OTR Certificate of Registration is issued without charge.

Renewal fee: Not applicable

Bond required: No — no surety bond reaches an out-of-state DTC wine shipper. No ABCA licence or permit exists for the channel, so no bond condition can attach; and the District imposes no bond or security on the OTR sales-tax registration either.

Product registration: Not required — no product registration, no COLA submission, no label pre-approval, no price posting

Florida (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: No — DBPR issues no DTC/direct-shipper licence or permit. A separate AB&T reporting registration and a DOR tax registration do apply.

Licence: No DBPR licence. AB&T out-of-state supplier reporting registration (EDS, non-licensed reporting entity) + Florida Dept. of Revenue sales and use tax registration (Florida Business Tax Application, DR-1).

Application fee: N/A for the alcohol regulator — no DTC licence exists, and AB&T publishes no fee for out-of-state supplier reporting registration.

Renewal fee: Not applicable

Bond required: No

Product registration: Not required for direct-to-consumer shipments.

Georgia (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Wine Special Order Shipping License

Application fee: $50

Renewal fee: $50 per calendar year — the same Wine Special Order Shipping licence fee is payable on renewal. DOR publishes no separate or reduced renewal fee for alcohol licences.

Bond required: Yes

Product registration: Required — brands and labels must be registered with the Department before any shipment

Hawaii (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes — a separate permit from EACH of the four county liquor commissions, plus a State of Hawaii GET licence as a precondition

Licence: Direct Wine Shipper Permit (statutory name; Maui County styles it 'Direct Shipment of Wine by Wineries Permit', Form DLC-019)

Application fee: Per county, and cumulative: Maui $48.00; Honolulu $180.00 (prorated $15.00/month); Kauai $180.00 (prorated). County of Hawaii fee not publicly published. Covering Maui + Oahu + Kauai alone costs $408.00 per year.

Renewal fee: Not applicable

Bond required: No

Product registration: Not required — no brand, label or product registration in the statute or in any county's application requirements

Idaho (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes — and THREE separate registrations are required, not one: (1) wine direct shipper permit from Idaho State Police ABC; (2) wine tax permit from the Idaho State Tax Commission; (3) seller's permit from the Idaho State Tax Commission.

Licence: Wine direct shipper permit (ABC's own short form: 'Direct Shipper Permit'), issued by Idaho State Police Alcohol Beverage Control under Idaho Code 23-1309A. Applied for on Idaho State Tax Commission Form BWA together with the wine tax permit and seller's permit.

Application fee: $50.00 initial annual registration fee; $25.00 annual renewal fee for an out-of-state permit holder. The Tax Commission's wine tax permit and seller's permit are free.

Renewal fee: $25.00 per year

Bond required: Yes

Product registration: Not required — no Idaho brand, label or product registration applies to wine shipped under a wine direct shipper permit. (A copy of the shipper's federal TTB basic permit must accompany the application, but that is entity-level, not product-level.)

Illinois (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes - and more than one registration: (1) ILCC Winery Shipper's License; (2) Illinois Dept. of Revenue liquor gallonage tax account (Form RL-26-W); (3) IDOR Use Tax registration, or Retailers' Occupation Tax registration if otherwise required; (4) City of Chicago Liquor Tax registration if shipping to Chicago consumers

Licence: Winery Shipper's License

Application fee: Three volume tiers, two columns. Initial license (or non-online renewal): under 250,000 gallons $350; 250,000 or over but under 500,000 gallons $1,000; 500,000 gallons or over $1,500. Online renewal: $200 / $750 / $1,200 respectively.

Renewal fee: Annual, and there is no single figure - the renewal fee is set by the winery's own production volume AND by whether the renewal is filed online. Online renewal: $200 (under 250,000 gallons); $750 (250,000 or over, but under 500,000 gallons); $1,200 (500,000 gallons or over). Non-online renewal: $350 / $1,000 / $1,500 respectively, i.e. identical to the initial licence fee. Renewing through the ILCC portal is the only way to get the lower column.

Bond required: Yes - and it reaches an out-of-state DTC wine shipper by name. The bond is a Department of Revenue registration condition, not an ILCC licensing condition: IDOR's Schedule REG-1-A names 'liquor distributors, winery shippers and airlines' as the three categories that must file a bond to complete liquor tax registration. Amount is two times the company's average monthly liability, minimum $1,000, maximum $100,000, filed on Form REG-4-A (surety bond) or Form REG-4-D (irrevocable letter of credit). The ILCC itself requires no bond for the Winery Shipper's License.

Product registration: Not yet verified

Indiana (Limited, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Direct Wine Seller's Permit (ATC permit type 310, 'Direct Wine Seller')

Application fee: Annual permit fee, five volume tiers (IC 7.1-3-26-8(b)): $100 for up to 9,000 litres direct shipped in Indiana in a permit year; $200 for up to 18,000 L; $300 for up to 27,000 L; $400 for up to 36,000 L; $500 for up to 45,000 L

Renewal fee: There is no separate renewal fee. Renewal is charged the SAME five-tier annual direct wine seller's permit fee as an initial application, but the tier is set by the litres actually direct shipped into Indiana in the previous permit year and certified to the commission, rather than by an anticipated figure: $100 up to 9,000 litres; $200 up to 18,000 L; $300 up to 27,000 L; $400 up to 36,000 L; $500 up to 45,000 L. Due with the renewal, which runs from 1 July and expires 30 June of the following year.

Bond required: No

Product registration: No brand, label or product registration FILING is required — Indiana has no registration application, form or fee for a direct wine seller, and no pre-clearance step before shipping. One related duty exists: 905 IAC 1-23-1 requires producers, expressly including 'vintners and small wineries', before shipping alcoholic beverages into Indiana, to make all brands, labels and trademarks available to the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission ON REQUEST; a label already approved federally is deemed approved by the commission. Publish as 'Not required (records on request)', not a bare 'Not Required'.

Iowa (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Wine Direct Shipper Permit (IDR permit code DS)

Application fee: $25 initial; $25 annual renewal

Renewal fee: $25.00 per year

Bond required: No

Product registration: Not Required — no Iowa brand, label or product registration for direct-shipped wine; federal TTB registration is the only product-level requirement

Kansas (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Special Order Shipping License

Application fee: $150 for a new licence / $130 on renewal, covering a TWO-YEAR term: $100 biennial licence fee (K.S.A. 41-350(b)(1)) + $30 initial or $10 renewal application fee (K.S.A. 41-317) + $20 ABC Modernization fee

Renewal fee: $130 per two-year licence term ($100 biennial licence fee + $10 renewal application fee + $20 ABC Modernization fee). There is no annual renewal fee — the Special Order Shipping License renews biennially.

Bond required: Yes

Product registration: Not required for a special order shipping licensee

Kentucky (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes — a Direct Shipper Type A license issued by the Kentucky Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, applied for through the ABC's online BELLE portal; the licensee must ALSO register separately with the Kentucky Department of Revenue.

Licence: Direct Shipper Type A License (KRS 243.030(33)). 'Type A' is the alcoholic beverage licence; the Type B licence, KRS 243.030(39), covers cannabis-infused beverages only and costs ten times as much.

Application fee: $100.00 per annum (Direct Shipper Type A). A $50.00 nonrefundable application-processing fee is charged on each NEW application and is credited against the $100 licence fee if the licence issues — so year one is $100 total, not $150; the $50 is forfeited if the licence is refused. If fewer than six months remain in the licence period when the new licence is issued, only one-half the fee ($50) is charged.

Renewal fee: $100.00 per annum — the same Direct Shipper Type A licence fee is paid again every year on renewal. The $50 application-processing fee is NOT charged again; it attaches only to a new application. Renewal cash-out is therefore $100 flat.

Bond required: No

Product registration: Not resolved by any primary source. Kentucky's brand registration statute, KRS 244.440, is written entirely around the wholesale channel — it requires a distiller, rectifier, winery or nonresident wholesaler to register 'the names of the wholesalers in this state to whom distributing rights have been granted', which a DTC-only shipper has none of. But no ABC statement, regulation or page says direct shippers are exempt, and 804 KAR 4:410 identifies the registrants only as 'Licensees required to register product brands and flavors'.

Louisiana (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes — and TWO separate annual authorizations are required, from two different agencies

Licence: ATC: 'Direct Ship Permit' / direct shipper permit for direct shipment of sparkling wine and still wine (R.S. 26:359(B)(3)-(4); LAC 55:VII.335.H) — PLUS — LDR: 'Authority to Make Direct Shipments of Wines to Louisiana Consumers' (Form R-8695)

Application fee: Out-of-state wine producer or manufacturer: $250 annual ATC permit fee + $150 annual LDR authority fee = $400/yr total. Out-of-state retailer: $1,000 annual ATC permit fee + $1,000 annual LDR authority fee = $2,000/yr total.

Renewal fee: Renewal costs the same as the original application, and is owed to BOTH agencies every year. Out-of-state wine producer or manufacturer: $250 ATC permit renewal + $150 LDR annual authority = $400/yr. Out-of-state retailer: $1,000 ATC + $1,000 LDR = $2,000/yr. The ATC permit expires every 31 December; the LDR authority is a fresh annual application covering 1 July - 30 June.

Bond required: No. Neither Louisiana direct-shipment authorization requires a bond, certificate of deposit or letter of credit — not the ATC direct ship permit (La. R.S. 26:359(B)(3)-(4)) and not the LDR Authority to Make Direct Shipments (Form R-8695). The La. R.S. 26:348 bond ($10,000 minimum per type of permit held; $5,000 for native wines) binds manufacturers and wholesalers in the three-tier gallonage-tax channel and does not attach to the direct shipper permit.

Product registration: Required — every label shipped DTC must be registered with ATC via its electronic system, and the registration must be renewed annually by June 30

Maine (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Wine direct shipper license

Application fee: Statutory: application fee of not more than $200 (§1403-A(2)) PLUS a $100 registration fee filed with the application (§1403-A(3)); annual renewal $50 (§1403-A(8)). First-year statutory maximum $300; renewal $50/yr.

Renewal fee: $50 per year. This one IS a fixed statutory amount, not a cap — the unresolved $200 ceiling affects only the initial application fee, and the $100 registration fee is a one-time charge filed with the application, not an annual one.

Bond required: No

Product registration: Two different things, neither of which is a BABLO brand-registration regime. (1) With BABLO: the licence application must be accompanied by 'a list of wine labels to be shipped' (28-A §1403-A(2)) — a label list, no per-label fee or approval step found. (2) With Maine DEP, since July 1, 2025: beverage container label registration by the initiator of deposit, including the UPC for each beverage/container combination, renewed annually (38 M.R.S. §3105(5)). No certificate of approval is required for the DTC channel.

Maryland (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes — and a Maryland sales and use tax licence (Combined Registration) plus a federal basic permit must be in hand as well

Licence: Direct Wine Shipper's Permit (Maryland Form 381 / COM/RAD-381)

Application fee: $200 initial and $200 every year on renewal. Not pro-rated. A minimum $1,000 tax security must also be posted — see additionalCosts.

Renewal fee: $200 per year, identical to the initial fee and not pro-rated. Payable to the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission (not the Comptroller) and due every 1 July, whatever date the permit was first issued.

Bond required: Yes

Product registration: Required — the applicant must identify the wines it intends to ship, at initial application and again at every annual renewal, and only listed wines may lawfully be shipped. It is a filed product list, not a fee-bearing brand-label registration programme.

Massachusetts (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Direct Wine Shipper License

Application fee: $300 initial (per winery); $150 annual renewal

Renewal fee: $150 per year, per winery. CONFIRMED that '$150-300' is not a range: $300 is the initial fee for each winery, $150 is the annual renewal. Let the licence lapse and the next filing is treated as a new application — i.e. $300 again.

Bond required: No

Product registration: Not Required

Michigan (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Direct Shipper License

Application fee: $170 initial ($100 application/initial licence fee + $70 nonrefundable inspection fee); $100 annual renewal

Renewal fee: $100.00 per year. The $70.00 inspection fee is charged on the initial application only and does not repeat, so year one costs $170.00 and every renewal year costs $100.00. Licence renews May 1 (it expires the preceding April 30).

Bond required: Not applicable

Product registration: Required — every wine label must be registered with the Commission via SIPS+ before shipping into Michigan; no Michigan registration fee

Minnesota (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: No

Licence: No permit required. Minnesota sales and use tax registration with the Dept. of Revenue only if the seller meets an economic-nexus threshold under Minn. Stat. § 297A.66.

Application fee: Not applicable

Renewal fee: Not applicable

Bond required: No. No surety bond reaches an out-of-state DTC wine shipper in Minnesota.

Product registration: Probably not required, but NOT cleanly resolved. Minnesota's brand registration statute is facially broad and no regulator statement expressly exempts § 340A.417 shipments from it.

Mississippi (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Direct Wine Shipper's Permit

Application fee: $100 annual privilege tax; Miss. Code § 27-71-5(1)(l) separately levies a $25 filing fee on 'each application', and § 27-71-5(1) authorizes an additional DOR-set application-processing fee

Renewal fee: $100 per year — the same annual privilege licence tax as the initial permit, expressly cross-referenced by the renewal provision. Open item: § 27-71-5(1)(l)'s $25 filing fee is levied on 'each application' and DOR describes renewal as filing 'a renewal application', so a renewing permittee may owe $125; no DOR document confirms or denies it. Publish $100 and disclose the $25 separately.

Bond required: No

Product registration: Required — DOR product approval; itemised Excel listing with TTB COLA at application, and new offerings submitted with each quarterly return

Missouri (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Wine Direct Shipper License

Application fee: $0 (NO FEE)

Renewal fee: $0 (NO FEE) — renewal is free, exactly like the application. The only way a Missouri renewal costs money is filing it late: RSMo § 311.240 adds $100 (2–31 May), $200 (1–30 June) or $300 (after 30 June).

Bond required: No

Product registration: Not required for direct-to-consumer shipping

Montana (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes — and TWO separate authorizations are required, not one

Licence: Foreign Winery or Importer Registration (Form FWIR) + Direct Shipment Endorsement

Application fee: $50 annual direct shipment endorsement fee PLUS a tiered Foreign Winery/Importer registration fee of $0 / $100 / $200 / $300 / $400 by annual volume shipped — total $50 to $450

Renewal fee: $50 to $450 per year — a $50 annual direct shipment endorsement fee PLUS the Foreign Winery Importer registration fee, which is re-set each year against actual volume: $0 (0-60 9-litre cases/yr), $100 (61-500), $200 (501-1,000), $300 (1,001-2,000), $400 (2,001+). The registration renews 30 September each year.

Bond required: No

Product registration: Required — a copy of each container label must be furnished to the department; label approval is submitted through the TransAction Portal

Nebraska (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Shipping License — Manufacture Direct Sales, NLCC Class S1 ("Direct To Consumer Shipping License (S1)"). Out-of-state retailers use Retail Direct Sales, Class S1R.

Application fee: $500 annual

Renewal fee: $500 per year — the same figure as the initial fee. Class S1 (Manufacture direct sales) for out-of-state wineries; Class S1R (Retail direct sales) is also $500. Licence year runs 1 May to 30 April.

Bond required: No

Product registration: Required — brand/label registration with NLCC at $20 per brand, plus the brands must be named on the shipping licence application

Nevada (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Certificate of Compliance (Nevada Department of Taxation, NRS 369.430; application form EXC-F078)

Application fee: $50 initial + $50 per year renewal

Renewal fee: $50 per year to renew the Certificate of Compliance, due on or before 1 July each year (Nevada fiscal year, 1 July to 30 June). Same as the initial fee.

Bond required: No

Product registration: Not Required — no brand, label or product registration for DTC

New Hampshire (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Direct Shipper Permit

Application fee: $100 for wine manufacturers; $500 for importers, retailers, wholesalers and beverage manufacturers (annual)

Renewal fee: $100 per year for a wine manufacturer's direct shipper permit ($500 per year for importers, retailers and wholesalers). Same figure as the initial fee; a partial refund is available if fewer than 5 shipments were made in the permit year.

Bond required: No

Product registration: No brand or label registration is required to obtain or hold the permit, but RSA 178:27, II imposes an unresolved product-level condition tied to products registered for sale to the commission

New Jersey (Limited, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes — and it is three prerequisites, not one: (1) ABC Out-of-State winery license; (2) business registration with the NJ Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES); (3) an Alcoholic Beverage Tax bond posted with the Director of the Division of Taxation, which must be in place BEFORE the licence is issued.

Licence: Out-of-State Winery License (ABC licence class 41; statutory name 'Out-of-State winery license', R.S.33:1-10 subsection 2e)

Application fee: $938 — annual, and it is both the application fee and the renewal fee. Nothing further is payable for the DTC privilege itself.

Renewal fee: $938 per year — the annual fee for the Out-of-State Winery licence (class 2e), identical to the initial fee. Available only to a winery producing 250,000 gallons of wine or less per year.

Bond required: Yes

Product registration: Required — every alcoholic beverage product sold in New Jersey must be brand-registered with ABC before it is sold, with a separate ANNUAL registration for each type and brand. Registration is filed through the POSSE online licensing system.

New Mexico (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Direct Wine Shipment Permit

Application fee: $50

Renewal fee: $50 per permit year, the same as the application fee, and not prorated. $0 if the permittee also holds a New Mexico winegrower's license, in which case no separate fee is charged. The permit year is a fixed 1 July - 30 June period, so a permit taken out mid-year pays the full $50 and still expires on 30 June.

Bond required: No

Product registration: Not required for a direct wine shipment permittee. New Mexico's label regime is a wholesale-channel obligation: the only label-approval duty in the ABC rules, 15.11.22.8(B)(4) NMAC, is a licence-renewal condition scoped expressly to non-resident licensees, a licence class that by statute may ship only to New Mexico manufacturers and wholesalers and therefore cannot be the DTC channel.

New York (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes — and three separate registrations are prerequisites, not one

Licence: Out-of-State Direct Shipper's License

Application fee: $375 per alcohol type (= the statutory $125 annual fee × the 3-year licence term)

Renewal fee: $125 per year, per licence, per alcohol type (ABC Law § 79-c(5)). The SLA issues and renews this class on a three-year term, so the amount payable at a renewal is $375 per licence — the same figure it charges at application.

Bond required: Not for the licence — the SLA requires no bond. But a surety bond can reach the shipper on the tax side: the licence is conditioned on registering with the Department of Taxation and Finance as a distributor of alcoholic beverages, and the Department may require a surety bond or other security at its discretion.

Product registration: Not required for wine above 7% ABV. REQUIRED for wine containing 7% alcohol or less, and for 'wine products' and 'wine specialties'.

North Carolina (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Wine Shipper Permit (NC ABC permit code DS)

Application fee: $0 (no application fee; no renewal fee)

Renewal fee: $0 — the wine shipper permit renews annually (1 May to 30 April) but carries no renewal fee, because the renewal fee is set equal to the initial fee and the initial fee is nil.

Bond required: No

Product registration: Required — Brand Listing Report filed with the permit application (and amended when brands change), plus ABC product/label approval before a product is offered for sale in the State

North Dakota (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: North Dakota Alcoholic Beverage Direct Shipping License

Application fee: $50

Renewal fee: $50 per year. The direct shipping licence is annual, expires 31 December, and is renewed through ND TAP.

Bond required: Yes

Product registration: Not required at the state level; federal TTB registration of the product is required

Ohio (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: S-1 permit (wine producers under 250,000 gal/yr; also covers beer) or S-2 permit (wine producers of 250,000 gal/yr or more)

Application fee: S-1: $25/yr (R.C. 4303.232(A)(2)). S-2: $250 initial AND $250 renewal (R.C. 4303.233(G) as amended by HB 96, eff. 9/30/2025). Plus a $100 non-refundable application processing fee for both classes.

Renewal fee: S-1: $25 per year. S-2: $250 per year. Both renew by 1 October. Filing a renewal application later than 15 days before expiry adds a penalty of 10% of the permit fee.

Bond required: No. No surety bond reaches an out-of-state DTC wine shipper holding an S-1 or S-2 permit.

Product registration: Required — every product shipped to an Ohio consumer must be registered with the Division of Liquor Control, at a $50 product registration fee per new product, accompanied by the federal COLA

Oklahoma (Limited, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Direct Wine Shipper's Permit

Application fee: $300 original permit; $150 renewal permit

Renewal fee: $150 per year

Bond required: No

Product registration: Not yet verified

Oregon (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Direct Shipper Permit (OLCC licence code 'DS')

Application fee: $100 registration fee (and $100 annual renewal fee) for a permit based on an out-of-state licence

Renewal fee: $100.00 per year (Direct Shipper Permit, renewed annually)

Bond required: Yes

Product registration: No OLCC product/label registration located for wine shipped under a Direct Shipper Permit. BUT canned wine must be registered with the Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative before sale in Oregon, and from 1 October 2026 must bear 'OR 10¢' on the container.

Pennsylvania (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Direct Wine Shipper License (DWS)

Application fee: $250 registration fee at application; $250 annual renewal fee

Renewal fee: $250 per year, renewable on a calendar basis.

Bond required: No

Product registration: Not required. Pennsylvania's only brand registration regime is confined by its own terms to malt or brewed beverages sold to trade buyers; there is no wine brand or label registration in the Liquor Code or the PLCB's regulations for a direct wine shipper to file.

Rhode Island (Not generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

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

Renewal fee: Not applicable

Bond required: No

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

South Carolina (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes — Out-of-State Wine Shipper License, PLUS a South Carolina Retail Sales License

Licence: Out-of-State Wine Shipper Permit (SCDOR licence code PWS); statutory name 'out-of-state shipper's license'; application titled 'Application for Out-of-State Wine Shipper License' (ABL-571)

Application fee: $600 biennially (composed of a $400 statutory licence fee plus the $200 statutory biennial increase)

Renewal fee: $600, biennially, due with renewal by August 31 of even-numbered years — the same figure as the initial licence fee. Composed of the $400 statutory renewal fee plus the $200 statutory biennial increase.

Bond required: No

Product registration: Not required at the state level. No SC brand or label registration for PWS holders; a federal TTB Wine Producer and Blender's Basic Permit is a prerequisite for the licence itself.

South Dakota (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Wine Direct Shipper License

Application fee: $100 licence fee

Renewal fee: $100 per year — the same fee at renewal as at application, with no proration for a partial year.

Bond required: No. No bond is a condition of the wine direct shipper licence. The Secretary of Revenue does hold a discretionary power to demand a bond of up to $50,000 from any licensee liable for the alcohol excise tax, which a direct shipper is — but it is a demand, not a standing requirement, and the Department publishes no bond requirement for direct shippers.

Product registration: Required — every brand label must be registered before sale, with fees, and renewed annually by 31 December

Tennessee (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes — Winery Direct Shipper license issued by TABC, applied for through the TABC RLPS/Mockingbird online system

Licence: Winery Direct Shipper License (statutory name: winery direct shipper's license, Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-3-217)

Application fee: $300.00 non-refundable application fee, plus a $150.00 annual license fee payable on approval — $450.00 in year one, $150.00 per renewal year

Renewal fee: $150.00 per year, per winery (the annual license fee; the $300.00 application fee is not part of the renewal)

Bond required: No

Product registration: Required — every wine brand must be listed in the TABC license application and accepted by the Commission before it may be shipped to Tennessee consumers; there is no fee for this TABC brand listing

Texas (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Out-of-State Winery Direct Shipper's Permit (permit code DS)

Application fee: $500 (two-year state fee)

Renewal fee: $500 per two-year renewal term — the same as the original fee (plus a $100 late fee if filed within the 30-day grace period after expiration)

Bond required: No

Product registration: Not Required

Utah (Not generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: No permit exists — DTC shipping is prohibited outright, not permit-exempt

Licence: None — Utah issues no direct wine shipper licence; DTC shipment to a consumer is a criminal offence

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

Renewal fee: Not applicable

Bond required: No

Product registration: Not required for wine. Utah's label and packaging approval requirement under § 32B-1-604 and R82-1-105 applies only to malted beverages (beer, heavy beer, flavored malt beverage), and no DTC channel exists in any event.

Vermont (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Out-of-State Consumer Shipping License (7 V.S.A. § 277(b)) — the statutory licence class is the "Malt, vinous, and ready-to-drink spirits beverage consumer shipping license"; DLL refers to it informally as a "Direct Ship" permit, Consumer

Application fee: $330.00 initial; $330.00 annual renewal (out-of-state consumer shipping license)

Renewal fee: $330.00 per year (out-of-state consumer shipping license) — identical to the initial fee

Bond required: No

Product registration: Not Required for wine shipped DTC — no Vermont brand or label registration applies to a § 277 consumer shipping licensee

Virginia (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Wine and Beer Shipper's License

Application fee: $230 annual state license tax + $195 per-application fee (not charged on renewal)

Renewal fee: $230 for a ONE-YEAR term (Wine and Beer Shipper's License state licence tax). The $195 application fee is not charged again on renewal. Two- and three-year terms are available, priced on the same annual figure with a discount of up to 5%.

Bond required: No

Product registration: Required — every brand and type of wine must be approved by Virginia ABC before sale, including products sold only by direct shipment; $30 registration fee per label

Washington (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Wine shipper's permit (LCB licence-fee schedule: 'Wine Out-of-State Shipper to Consumer ONLY'; for COA holders: 'Wine Out-of-State Certificate of Approval (COA) Shipping to Washington Consumers')

Application fee: $150 per year

Renewal fee: $150 per year — the same figure recurs every year, because the credential is an annual permit rather than a one-off licence. CONDITIONAL: a winery that already holds a Washington Wine Out-of-State Certificate of Approval pays NO fee at all for the consumer-shipping privilege (it is deemed to hold the wine shipper's permit), but its COA itself renews at $300 per year. Two different recurring costs, depending on which track the winery is on: standalone wine shipper's permit $150/yr, or Wine COA $300/yr with the shipping-to-consumers endorsement at no fee.

Bond required: No

Product registration: Not required for the shipper-to-consumer channel

West Virginia (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes — but it is a LICENCE, not a permit, and it is only one of at least six registrations. A WV direct shipper must hold: (1) the ABCA direct shipper's licence; (2) a West Virginia business registration number from the Tax Commissioner; (3) registration with the WV Secretary of State if a corporation/LLC/limited partnership (Certificate of Authority); (4) a federal TTB basic permit under the Federal Alcohol Administration Act; (5) TTB Special Occupation Tax registration (TTB F 5630.5d); and (6) separate ABCA WINE BRAND REGISTRATION for every brand before any shipment. It must also supply a Letter of Good Standing from the WV State Tax Department AND from its domicile state, and a copy of its current home-state wine licence.

Licence: Direct Shipper's License. West Virginia never calls it a permit. The statute and ABCA's FAQ both use 'direct shipper's license' (W. Va. Code §60-8-6a is titled 'Direct shipper's license'); on the current application form, ABCA Form ABCA-WS-3W (Revised 08/2024), the licence type checkbox is labelled 'Direct Wine Shipper'. Publish 'Direct Shipper's License (ABCA Form ABCA-WS-3W, 'Direct Wine Shipper')' so an applicant can find the box on the form.

Application fee: $150 or $250 per year for a direct shipper's licence, and the tier BASIS is stated two different ways by two current WV sources. Statute (§60-8-3(b) and §60-8-6a(a)(2)) splits by PRODUCT CLASS: $150 'for a licensee who sells and ships only wine' and $250 'who ships and sells wine, nonfortified dessert wine, port, sherry, or Madeira wines'. The current ABCA application form ABCA-WS-3W (rev. 08/2024) splits by ABV: '$150 to ship <14% ABV' OR '$250 to ship >14% ABV'. A third route exists for a winery or farm winery that wants to act as its own supplier, retailer and direct shipper — the Multi Capacity licence, which §60-8-3(b) and the current form both price at $350/yr, while §60-8-6a(a)(2) still says $300. NO $100 operational fee applies to direct shippers. Fees are prorated: an application submitted January 1 – June 30 pays one-half the licence fee. Add $100 per brand for wine brand registration (see additionalCosts).

Renewal fee: Same amount as the initial licence fee, payable every year: $150 per year or $250 per year for a direct shipper's licence (tier basis contested — see note), and $350 per year for a multi-capacity winery or farm winery licence. The licence year is fixed at 1 July – 30 June, so every direct shipper renews in June regardless of when it was first licensed. Proration does NOT apply to a full-year renewal — the half-fee applies only to a licence 'issued for less than a full year'. Missing the 30 June deadline adds a $150 reactivation fee on top of the full annual fee.

Bond required: No

Product registration: Required — and it is a paid, per-brand, pre-shipment filing that the guide's bare 'Required' does not price. ABCA's Wine Brand Registration instructions: 'All brands must be registered with the West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control (WVABCA) Commissioner prior to any sales or shipment of wine to or into West Virginia', and 'The wine brand registration fee is $100 per brand for a three-year period.' One brand per application (Form WV W-100 / ABCC-WS-1-D, rev. 6/6/2025, under W. Va. Code §60-8-28); each label under the brand must be listed with its TTB ID, and a copy of the TTB Certificate of Label Approval plus an unattached physical label or colour photocopy must accompany it. Separately, §60-8-6a(a)(7) requires a list of all brands to be shipped to be filed with the LICENCE application.

Wisconsin (Generally permitted, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Direct Wine Shipper's Permit (Wis. Stat. § 125.535; DOR Form AB-321)

Application fee: $200 — but per TWO-YEAR permit period, not per year. Plus $20 one-time Business Tax Registration fee (if not already registered) and a non-refundable $7 background check fee per sole proprietor, partner, officer, director, member, manager and agent.

Renewal fee: Not yet verified

Bond required: Yes

Product registration: Required — DOR's Direct Wine Shipper's Permit Application (AB-321) includes a mandatory 'Liquor Producer's Statement of Brand Registration' page requiring every brand name, a description and the alcohol content by volume, signed under penalty of law. Separately, federal COLA label approval is a precondition to shipping any product into Wisconsin.

Wyoming (Limited, verified 2026-08-01)

Permit required: Yes

Licence: Out-of-State Shipper's License (form title: "Out-of-State Wine Shipper License")

Application fee: $50 initial licence fee; $50 annual renewal fee

Renewal fee: $50 per year. Wyoming names it a renewal fee in the statute itself — W.S. 12-2-204(e) — and it is the same amount as the $50 initial licence fee. It is a LICENCE FEE only: it is not the 12% of retail price the shipper remits per shipment, which is a tax, and not the $25 late-filing fee on the monthly report, which is a penalty.

Bond required: No

Product registration: Not Required

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