(a) Upon an applicant's compliance with this section and the rules adopted pursuant to this section, the board may issue a wine manufacturer license to the applicant which shall authorize the licensee to manufacture or otherwise distill, produce, ferment, bottle, or compound wine in a dry county only for the sale for distribution outside of the county. No person shall manufacture or otherwise distill, produce, ferment, bottle, or compound wine in a dry county for sale or distribution unless the person or the authorized representative of the person has been granted a wine manufacturer license issued by the board pursuant to this section.
(b) A wine manufacturer licensed under this section is prohibited from doing any of the following:
(1) Selling any wine direct to any retailer or for consumption on the premises where sold.
(2) Selling or delivering any wine in other than original containers approved as to capacity by the board and in accordance with standards of fill prescribed by the U.S. Treasury Department.
(3) Maintaining or operating within the state any place or places, other than the place or places covered by the wine manufacturer license.
(c) Any wine manufactured in the dry county by the manufacturer licensed pursuant to this section may be sold only for shipment and delivery to a licensed wine distributor in this state or to a legal distributor outside of this state.
(d) A wine manufacturer licensee licensed pursuant to this section shall be required to file with the board, prior to making any sales, a list of its labels to be sold and shall file with the board its federal certificate of label approvals or its certificates of exemption as required by the U.S. Treasury Department. All wines whose labels have not been registered as herein provided shall be considered contraband and may be seized by the board or its agents, or any peace officer of the state without a warrant and the goods shall be delivered to the board and disposed of as provided by law.
(e) A wine manufacturer licensee licensed pursuant to this section shall be required to send to the board, prior to the twentieth day of each month, a consolidated report of all shipments of alcoholic beverages made to each wholesaler during the preceding month. The reports shall be in the form and shall contain the information as the board may require.
(f) Every wine manufacturer licensed pursuant to this section shall keep at its principal place of business within the state, daily permanent records which shall show the quantities of raw materials used in the manufacture of wine, and the quantities of wine manufactured and stored, the sale of wine, the quantities of wine stored for hire or transported for hire by or for the licensee, and the names and addresses of the purchasers of the wine.
(g) Every place licensed as a wine manufacturer pursuant to this section shall be subject to inspection by the board or by persons duly authorized and designated by the board at any time of the day or night as they may deem necessary, for the detection of violations of this chapter, of any law, or of the rules of the board, or for the purpose of ascertaining the correctness of the records required to be kept by the licensees. The books and records of licensees shall be open for inspection at all times by the board or by persons duly authorized and designated by the board. Members of the board and its duly authorized agents, without hindrance, may enter any place that is subject to inspection hereunder or any place where records are kept for the purpose of making inspections and making transcripts thereof.
(h) Licenses issued under this section, unless revoked in the manner provided in this chapter, shall be valid for the license year commencing January 1 of each year.
(i) The board may adopt rules to implement and administer this section.
(j) The provisions of Act 2021-517 are supplemental to any laws regulating alcoholic beverages in this state and shall not be construed to repeal or supersede any laws or rules of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board not in direct conflict with Act 2021-517.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.
Chapter 7 - Importation, Distribution, and Sale of Table Wine.
Section 28-7-2 - Legislative Intent; Purpose of Chapter.
Section 28-7-4 - By and to Whom Table Wine May Be Sold.
Section 28-7-5 - Authority of Board to Issue Licenses; County or Municipal Approval.
Section 28-7-6 - Application for License; Filing Fee, License Fee and Bond.
Section 28-7-7 - Issuance of License, Generally.
Section 28-7-8 - Wine Retailer's License.
Section 28-7-9 - Wine Wholesaler's License; Bond.
Section 28-7-12 - License Renewal.
Section 28-7-16 - Tax on Sale of Table Wine; Disposition of Proceeds.
Section 28-7-17 - Regulations of Board; Evidence Thereof.
Section 28-7-18 - Sales by Manufacturers; Levy of Tax.
Section 28-7-19 - Sales by Wholesalers.
Section 28-7-20 - Sales by Retailers.
Section 28-7-22 - Interlocking Businesses and Interests Prohibited.