Terms Used In Tennessee Code 57-3-804

  • Commission: means the alcoholic beverage commission, except as otherwise provided. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • License: means the license issued pursuant to this chapter. 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

Each applicant for a retail food store wine license shall pay to the commission a one-time, nonrefundable fee in the amount of four hundred dollars ($400) when the application is submitted for review. A retail food store wine license under this section shall not be issued until the applicant shall have paid to the commission the annual license fee of one thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($1,250).