Title 28 — Title 28

This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the “Alabama Table Wine Act.” History: (Acts 1980, No. 80-382, p. 505, §1.)

Registration of Labels; Seizure of Unregistered Goods; Monthly Reports; Inspection. (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 lice…

and Delivery of Wine Under Certain Condtions. (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 disti…

Unregistered Goods; Monthly Reports. Every manufacturer, or its designated representative, desiring to sell table wines in or for resale in this state shall register with the board prior to making any such sales. Each such manufacturer, or its designated representative, shall be …

The wine retailer’s, wine wholesaler’s and wine manufacturer’s license herein provided for shall be required to be renewed annually and shall be reissued upon payment to the board of the appropriate license fee or fees, unless the board has good cause for not reissuing the licens…

License and Filing Fees. (a) License fees for licenses issued by the board. The following annual license fees are levied and prescribed for licenses issued and renewed by the board pursuant to the authority contained in this chapter: (1) Wine retailer’s license, license fee of $1…

Licenses for Each Place of Sale; Restrictions on Wholesaler’s Operations; Transfer of Licenses; Filing Fee for Transfer; Effect of Insolvency of Licensee. (a) No license prescribed in this chapter shall be issued or renewed until the provisions of this chapter have been complied …

Findings of Fact. (a) The board shall have full and final authority as to the suspension and revocation of any license issued hereunder. In lieu of suspension or revocation, the board shall have the authority, in the case of a wine retailer, to invoke a penalty of not less than $…

(a) Levy. There is hereby levied in addition to the license taxes provided for by this chapter and municipal and county license taxes and in addition to any marked-up price made by the board on wine sold by the board a privilege or excise tax measured by and graduated in accordan…

The board may from time to time make such regulations not inconsistent with this chapter and the purpose and intention thereof as it shall deem necessary for carrying out the provisions of this chapter, and from time to time alter, repeal or amend such regulations, or any of them…

(a) No manufacturer shall sell any table wine direct to any retailer or for consumption on the premises where sold, nor sell or deliver any such table wine in other than original containers, nor shall any manufacturer maintain or operate within this state any place or places, oth…

No wine wholesaler shall purchase, receive or resell any table wine except in the original container as prepared for the market by the manufacturer. History: (Acts 1980, No. 80-382, p. 505, §19.)

Repealed by Act 2010-607, p. 1478, §2, effective July 1, 2010. History: (Acts 1980, No. 80-382, p. 505, §2; Act 98–505, p. 1171, §1.)

No wine retailer shall purchase or receive any table wine except from the board or from wine wholesalers duly licensed under this chapter. All table wines must be received by the wine retailer in original containers as prepared for the market by the manufacturer. Wine retailers m…

No manufacturer and no officer or director of any manufacturer shall, at the same time, be a wine wholesaler or retailer, or an officer, director or stockholder or creditor of any wine wholesaler or retailer, nor except as hereinafter provided, be the owner, proprietor or lessor …

No sign of any kind advertising table wine shall be displayed outside any retail place of business. Radio, television, newspaper, magazine, billboard and commercial vehicles used for transportation of table wine may be used to advertise table wine in accordance with rules and reg…

All laws or parts of laws which conflict or are inconsistent with this chapter are hereby repealed. The taxes imposed by Sections 28-3-200, 28-3-201, 28-3-202, 28-3-203 and 28-3-204 do not apply to the sale of table wine; provided, that, nothing herein contained shall be construe…

Table wine may be sold in any county in Alabama which is now wet or may hereafter be designated a wet county pursuant to law, as follows: (1) A licensed wine manufacturer may sell table wine to any wine wholesaler or importer licensed to sell wine or to the board; (2) A licensed …

The board shall have full and final authority, with the approval of the county or municipal governing body, to issue and renew licenses of wine retailers, wholesalers, importers and manufacturers to sell and handle table wine in this state. Licenses issued under this chapter to w…

Every applicant for a wine retailer’s or wholesaler’s license shall file a written application with the board in such form as the board may prescribe, which shall be accompanied by the appropriate license fee as prescribed in this chapter and, in the case of an original applicati…

Upon receipt of the application, the proper fees, the bond, if required, and upon being satisfied of the truth of the statements in the application and the applicant is a person of good repute the board shall grant and issue to the applicant a wine retailer’s or wine wholesaler’s…

Upon applicant’s compliance with Section 28-7-6, the board shall issue a wine retailer’s license for any retail outlet kept or operated by a wine retailer for the retail sale of table wines for off-premises consumption. History: (Acts 1980, No. 80-382, p. 505, §8.)

Upon applicant’s compliance with Section 28-7-6, the board shall issue to applicant a wine wholesaler’s license which will authorize the licensee to import and receive shipments of table wine from outside the state from licensed wine manufacturers, to purchase table wine from lic…