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TRANSPORTATION & DELIVERY
TRANSPORTATION

& DELIVERY

Alana & Greg Martinez
They are both veterans of the U.S. Air Force. Greg retired after
21 years serving as a Cruise Missile Maintainer and Flight Chief.
Alana served eleven years in the ICBM Missile Operations
carrier field. She then changed to the wine industry and
has worked as an Enologist and Assistant Winemaker. She
is currently the Assistant Winemaker at Longhorn Cellars in
Fredericksburg, Texas. Alana is also an International Wine
Judge.

Why it is Easier to Make Wine

than Ship it?

How do you ship wine in the United Sta- le other states prohibit this type of shipment
tes? The answer to that question is more or limit the number of cases or gallons that

complicated than making the wine itself! can be sent from one licensed entity to each
There are Federal laws that apply to all 50 household and/or individual. For instance, in
States within the U.S., and then there are Connecticut, a winery can only ship up to five
State laws for each of the 50 States, which gallons of wine within any two-month period
vary drastically. Additionally, there are se- to an individual person. Whereas, in Louisiana,
parate rules for shipping wine within a sta- they stipulate the limit based on the number
te, and shipping wines between states. The of adults per household, and the limit is no
rules and laws get so complicated that the more than twelve cases of wine per adult per-
UPS websites’ article on the subject recom- son per household address per calendar year.
mends shippers to consult an attorney for In Delaware it’s even more restrictive – direct
legal advice. shippers must send wine first to a Delaware

So, what are the legal ways to ship wine? wholesaler, who in-turn sends it to a Dela-
First, an entity must have a license to ship ware off-premises retail license holder, who
wine. These entities include wineries, distri- can then deliver the wine to the consumer, in
butors, and retailors. Next, the laws must be accordance with Delaware’s regulations.
reviewed for shipment within a state or out- As you can see – it get’s pretty complicated!
-of-state. Some states do not allow a winery After all the specific shipping laws are under-
or retailer to ship direct to a consumer’s home, stood, there is still the matter of permits for
and only allow shipping between entities with out-of-state shipping to certain states. Each

licenses; like the state of Alabama for example. entity with a license to ship wine may also
Other states allow both in and out-of-state need to obtain a permit for each state they de-
shipments from a winery and/or retailer, whi- sire to ship to consumers’ homes. Some states
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