(a) A retail food store licensed to sell wine under this part shall not store any wine off of the licensed premises.

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 57-3-812

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • License: means the license issued pursuant to this chapter. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Wholesaler: means any person who sells at wholesale any beverage for the sale of which a license is required under 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
(b) All deliveries of wine to a retail food store must be made by a licensed wholesaler through a common carrier, a contract carrier or on vehicles owned by the wholesaler. The deliveries shall only be made to the business address of the retail food store.
(c) All purchases of wine from a licensed wholesaler by a retail food store must be conducted by designated managers on premises at each retail food store location where delivery will be made. A retail food store may have more than one (1) designated manager per location.
(d) A wholesaler shall not take orders for wine from any retail food store employee other than a designated manager; provided, that an order does not include a preorder made by a person with a pending application for a retail food store wine license.