ME

Maine DTC compliance

Registration, tax, and operational requirements for shipping wine direct-to-consumer in Maine. Every rule traces to a primary source.

Permitted

DTC wine shipping is permitted in Maine today.

Statute

“A small winery or other winery holding a federal basic wine manufacturing permit located within or outside the State may obtain a wine direct shipper license by filing with the bureau an application in a form determined by the bureau accompanied by an application fee of not more than $200, a copy of the applicant's current federal basic wine manufacturing permit and a list of wine labels to be shipped in accordance with this section.”

https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/28-A/title28-Asec1403-A.html

Compliance reference

  • Age verification required

    Cross-source verified

    Yes

  • Common carrier delivery allowed

    Single source

    Yes

  • Direct shipping allowed

    Preliminary

    Yes

  • Excise tax collected by

    Preliminary

    Shipper

  • Statute citation (NCSL)

    Withheld, older than the rules it backs

    This ME reference text was published 2021-10-15, before the 2026-08-31 date Ratify holds for the rules above it, so Ratify withholds it rather than printing superseded language beside current fields. It returns once the source is re-pulled and re-graded.

  • Permit expiration anchor

    Single source

    Anniversary

  • Permit fee

    Cross-source verified

    $300

  • Permit required

    Cross-source verified

    Yes

  • Permit term

    Cross-source verified

    1 year

  • Reporting frequency

    Cross-source verified

    Quarterly

  • Reporting frequency threshold (gallons)

    Single source

    0

  • Sales tax collected by

    Cross-source verified

    Shipper

  • Volume limit basis

    Preliminary

    Per consumer per year

  • Volume limit unit

    Preliminary

    9-liter cases

  • Volume limit

    Cross-source verified

    12

Sales-tax rate

Base state sales-tax rate

Cross-source verified

5.5%

Confirmed across ≥2 independent governmental/industry sources.

Rate facts

Bond amount (maximum)
—
Bond amount (minimum)
—
Bond basis formula
—
Bond required
No
Excise rate by alcohol class
ABV bands withheld pending source verification
Excise rate basis
Per gallon
Excise rate per unit
$0.60
Federal basic permit required
Yes
Franchise tax required
No
Litter tax required
No
Monthly zero-sales report required
No
Economic nexus threshold
$100,000
Permit application form
—
Permit application URL
https://alcohol.maine.gov/prod/webui/#
Product registration required
Yes
Maximum local sales-tax add-on
0%
State sales-tax rate
5.5%
Single local use-tax rate option
—

Primary sources

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