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Wine direct-to-consumer compliance, verified state by state

Ratify tracks whether you can ship wine directly to consumers in all 50 states and DC, with the primary-source citation behind every answer. Where we are still verifying, we say so instead of guessing. That honesty is the point.

Snapshot as of 2026-07-18. Wine, out-of-state direct-to-consumer shipping.

51

jurisdictions answered

50

cross-source verified

1

contested, marked as such

0

still verifying

The 51-jurisdiction map

Each tile is a jurisdiction. Color shows the shipping posture only where we are confident; anything we have not cross-source confirmed stays neutral and reads “still verifying.”

  1. AK
  2. AL
  3. AR
  4. AZ
  5. CA
  6. CO
  7. CT
  8. DC
  9. DE
  10. FL
  11. GA
  12. HI
  13. IA
  14. ID
  15. IL
  16. IN
  17. KS
  18. KY
  19. LA
  20. MA
  21. MD
  22. ME
  23. MI
  24. MN
  25. MO
  26. MS
  27. MT
  28. NC
  29. ND
  30. NE
  31. NH
  32. NJ
  33. NM
  34. NV
  35. NY
  36. OH
  37. OK
  38. OR
  39. PA
  40. RI
  41. SC
  42. SD
  43. TN
  44. TX
  45. UT
  46. VA
  47. VT
  48. WA
  49. WI
  50. WV
  51. WY
A tile-grid map of the 50 states and DC. Each tile links to that jurisdiction’s wine direct-to-consumer shipping detail.
  • Permitted
  • Prohibited
  • Limited
  • Still verifying

Compliance intelligence, not legal advice. Verify the cited sources before acting.

Ask it yourself

Three real questions, answered from the same corpus, with the confidence tier and the source shown every time.

Can I ship wine to a customer in New York?

New York permits licensed direct-to-consumer wine shipping.

Cross-source verified

Confirmed across multiple independent sources.

Statute

“Before sending any shipment hereunder to a resident in this state, the out-of-state shipper shall first obtain a license from the authority under procedures prescribed by rules and regulations of the authority and after providing the authority with a true copy of its current license to manufacture wine in the applicant's state of domicile along with a copy of the applicant's federal basic permit after payment of an annual fee of one hundred twenty-five dollars. ”

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/ABC/79-C

Compliance intelligence, not legal advice. Verify the cited sources before acting.

Can I ship wine direct-to-consumer to Florida?

Florida is a statute-versus-practice conflict: the statute restricts direct shipping while industry practice ships under selective enforcement.

Single source

Verified by a single authority — not yet independently corroborated. Check the cited source(s) below before you act on this.

Statute

“It is unlawful for common or permit carriers, operators of privately owned cars, trucks, buses, or other conveyances or out-of-state manufacturers or suppliers to make delivery from without the state of any alcoholic beverage to any person, association of persons, or corporation within the state”

https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/561.54

Industry practice

“A permit is not required and there are no quantity limits.”

https://wineinstitute.org/our-work/compliance/dtc/florida/

Compliance intelligence, not legal advice. Verify the cited sources before acting.

Can I ship wine to a customer in Delaware today?

Delaware prohibits direct-to-consumer wine shipping to residents.

Cross-source verified

Confirmed across multiple independent sources.

Heads up: this changes on 2026-08-15. Delaware permits licensed direct-to-consumer wine shipping.

Statute

“526. Direct shipping of wine [Effective Aug. 15, 2026; Effective until Aug. 15, 2030]”

https://delcode.delaware.gov/title4/c005/sc02/index.html

Compliance intelligence, not legal advice. Verify the cited sources before acting.

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