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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 57-3-805

  • License: means the license issued pursuant to this chapter. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • Municipality: means an incorporated town or city having a population of:
    (i) Seven hundred (700) or more, according to the 2010 federal census or a subsequent federal census. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • Retail food store wine license: means a license for the sale of wine at retail in a retail food store as defined in part 8 of this chapter. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • Wine: means the product of the normal alcoholic fermentation of the juice of dried or fresh, sound, ripe grapes, fruit, or other agricultural products, with the usual cellar treatment and necessary additions to correct defects due to climatic, saccharine, and seasonal conditions, including champagne, sparkling, and fortified wine of an alcoholic content not to exceed twenty-one percent (21%) by volume. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101

The premises of a retail food store wine license may be located in a municipality or the unincorporated areas of a county; provided, that such county or municipality has approved sales of wine by retail food stores by local option election pursuant to § 57-3-801. If a county-wide referendum is approved under this part, the premises of a retail food store wine license may be located in any municipality that participated in the referendum regardless of the minimum population requirement for a municipality in § 57-3-101.