Yes, The Aim to Serve course is an approved Responsible Wine Vendor course for Tennessee .

It is a Designated Manager Permit that identifies an individual who will be responsible for the order of wine from the wholesalers. This designation is for one location only. The permit is good for 5 years, however, the Designated Manager Course must be taken every year to maintain an active status along with the Certified Clerk Course.

It is a 5 year permit that designates one manager who is responsible for the store. The permit is good for 5 years, however, the Designated Manager course must be taken annually as well as the Certified Clerk Course to maintain an active status.

You must notify the TABC in writing that you have moved from one location to another or changed companies.

You must submit a Manager’s Permit application along with a Declaration of Citizenship (this must have a front and back copy of 2 forms of ID attached to it), your Designated Manager Certificate, Responsible Vendor Certificate, and a $200.00 company check, Cashier’s Check or Money Order

You will need to submit your Clerks List every 30 days you have changes. This means all terminated clerks, newly hired clerks, and newly trained clerks since the last time it was submitted.

No. An individual licensed as a sole proprietor is not required to obtain a manager’s permit. For this purpose, a sole proprietorship does not include any member, owner, or shareholder of an LLC, corporation, LLP, general partnership or any entity that is required to be registered with the Secretary of State. While the sole proprietor is not required to obtain a permit, other managers, who are not the sole proprietor owner, of the sole proprietorship must obtain a TABC manager’s permit and employees who sell alcoholic beverages or wine must become certified clerks.

Yes. A manager’s permit may be suspended or revoked by the Commission for any violation of Title 57 of Tennessee Code Annotated, and/or the rules and regulations of the TABC, including not attending required annual training, or other violations committed by the holder of the manager’s permit or by any person operating under the supervision of the holder of the manager’s permit.

A retail package store must check identification for any person who does not reasonably appear to be an age of fifty (50) years or older in a face-to-face transaction prior to the sale of alcoholic beverages. The identification checked must be a valid (unexpired), government-issued (state, local, national, federally recognized tribe, or foreign) document that includes the photograph and birth date of the customer. Any identification that meets such requirements may be accepted by the retail package store. The sale of alcoholic beverages or beer to a minor or a failure to check for identification is a Class A misdemeanor under state law.

Yes. Complimentary samples are allowed. A retail package store may conduct tastings for free on the premises of the retail package store during the hours the store is open for business. In order to do so, the retail package store must first give the TABC notice of its intent to conduct tastings at the time of license application

A TABC-issued manager’s permit allows an individual to operate, supervise, or manage a retail package store. Employees who perform these functions for a retail package store must obtain a manager’s permit.

Please note an individual licensed as a sole proprietor is not required to obtain a manager’s permit. For this purpose, a sole proprietorship does not include any member, owner, or shareholder of an LLC, corporation, LLP, general partnership, or any entity that is required to be registered with the Secretary of State. While the sole proprietor is not required to obtain a permit, other managers who are not the sole proprietor owner of the sole proprietorship must obtain a TABC manager’s permit.

A retail package store may sell intoxicating liquors, wine, high gravity beer, and beer. A retail package store is also permitted to advertise or sell items related to or incidental to the use, consumption, dispensing, or storage of alcoholic beverages, together with merchandise and supplies related to special events or parties. The list of items a retail licensee may sell, contained in T.C.A. § 57-3-404(e)(4), is illustrative in nature and non-exclusive. If you have questions on whether an item is allowed, please contact our staff. Such authorized items include, but are not limited to:

Newspapers, magazines, publications, videos, and other media related to alcoholic beverages or food;
Utensils and supplies related or incidental to the use, consumption, dispensing or storage of alcoholic beverages, including, without limitation, corkscrews, beverage strainers, pourers, flasks, jiggers, stirrers, wine racks, wine refrigerators, wine cellars, decanters, carafes, glassware, ice crushers, bottle openers, can openers, and devices to maximize oxidation in uncorked wine bottles and other items used in connection with the consumption, storage or dispensing of alcoholic beverages;
Gift cards, packages and baskets that include alcoholic beverages, and nonalcoholic items;
Nonalcoholic beverages;
Kegs and growlers, whether empty or filled with beer, wine, or alcoholic beverages, on the licensed premises;
Concentrates and ingredients used in the preparation of mixed alcoholic beverages;
Beer and wine-making kits;
Products and supplies related to beer and wine-making;
Lemons, limes, cherries, olives, and other food items used in the preparatio

No. Each retail package store must be operated in a completely independent manner from all other retail package stores, and stores cannot combine purchasing power or swap inventory. Doing so could expose the store to regulatory fines, revocation of the store’s license, or criminal prosecution.

A retail package store may only be open between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 11:00 P.M. on Monday through Saturday and between 10:00 A.M. and 11:00 P.M. on Sunday. Additionally, retail package stores must be closed for business on Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter. Businesses that have a package store license with the TABC may also sell beer on Sundays starting at 10:00 A.M.

Yes, a retail package store may deliver alcoholic beverages. No additional permit, license, or approval is needed from the TABC in order for a package store to deliver alcoholic beverages, but such delivery is subject to the following restrictions:

Before making such deliveries, a package store must inform the TABC of the store’s intent to deliver and must post a $1,000 bond with the TABC. Please send the bond, and any questions about the bond, to Meenu Sinha at Meenu.Sinha@tn.gov or 615-741-7624;
The delivery must be made to only the physical address indicated by the individual placing the order and delivery must be documented by a verification of delivery, signed by the order recipient;
The order and delivery of alcoholic beverages must occur only during authorized hours of sale;
A retail package store may not deliver to licensed liquor-by-the-drink establishments, with the exception of hotels;
Only the actual employees of a retail package store may deliver on behalf of the package store, and the package store may not contract with any other business or person to make such deliveries on the store’s behalf, except a TABC-licensed delivery service;
The retail package store must check the ID of the purchaser at the time of the delivery of the alcoholic beverages in a face-to-face transaction, unless the purchaser reasonably appears to be over fifty (50) years of age;
The identification checked must be a valid (unexpired), government-issued (state,

Yes. Wine must be marked up at least twenty percent (20%). Please review the Wine in Grocery Stores and Unfair Wine Sales Law FAQ for more information. Other alcoholic beverages, including liquor, spirits, and high gravity beer, must be marked up at least ten percent (10%). These minimum markups do not apply to low gravity beer. Please review the following questions for more information.

January 1, 2019, retail food stores may only sell wine Monday through Saturday from 8:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. A retail food store shall not sell wine on Sundays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, or Easter.

Beginning January 1, 2019, retail food stores may only sell wine between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 11:00 P.M. on Monday through Saturday and between 10:00 A.M. and 11:00 P.M. on Sunday. A retail food store shall not sell wine on Christmas, Thanksgiving, or Easter.

This change in the law will have no impact on the hours in which beer can be sold at a retail food stores. For questions about hours of sale for beer at a food store, please contact your local beer board.

No, this is not required for either retail food stores or retail package stores.

The twenty percent (20%) markup is calculated by multiplying the per bottle price of a particular bottle of wine by one and two tenths (1.2). The per bottle price is located on the latest wholesaler invoice. This is the minimum price that a store may advertise or sell a bottle of wine. Calculation Example: If the per bottle price of a wine on the wholesaler invoice is $10.00, the minimum price the retailer may advertise or sell the bottle of wine is $12.00 ($10.00 x 1.2 = $12.00).

Yes. An individual who holds a manager’s permit may also seek to obtain a server’s permit from the TABC.