So far this year three additional states—Arkansas, Mississippi, and most recently Delaware—have approved the issuance of licenses allowing DTC wine sales. Here is a brief overview of these new licenses:

Arkansas
The new Arkansas Wine Direct Shipping Permit went into effect on August 5, 2025. Older AR Wine Shipping Permits were automatically converted to the new permit type on that date without requiring any application or additional fees.

Registration of labels to be shipped DTC is required via Product Registration Online (PRO) before shipping can commence under the new permit. Any labels that are registered for sales at wholesale in AR are considered also registered for DTC. However, at the time of this posting, the PRO system does not allow DTC-only product registrations to be completed. We are monitoring the status and will post an update once DTC label registrations can be successfully submitted.

Mississippi
The MS Alcoholic Beverage Control is now issuing the new Direct Wine Shipper Permit.

Applicants for the new permit should keep in mind that products distributed through the MS control system as “bailment items” (regularly listed products owned by suppliers and stored in the ABC warehouse) may not be sold and shipped DTC unless designated as “highly allocated.” A listing of all wines offered by the MS ABC, including those currently designated as “highly allocated,” can be downloaded from a link on the MS Direct Wine Shipper Permit webpage.

Products available through the control system only by special order (those not stored in the ABC warehouse) are eligible to be shipped directly to MS consumers.

Delaware
A new Delaware DTC law will go into effect on August 15, 2026. We hope adjustments will be made to the requirements before the license becomes available because the current law is restrictive. For example:

• The biennial license fee is $400 for shipping up to 200 cases annually; for shipping over 200 cases, the biennial fee jumps to $3,600. The maximum annual volume that can be shipped under the new license is 1,800 cases.
• No more than 3 cases per year may be shipped to any one address.
• Wineries that distribute via wholesale in Delaware are disqualified from holding this license.
• Only out-of-state wineries that would qualify as a "farm winery” under Delaware’s definition are eligible for the license.

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