California Opens Up DTC Spirits Shipping

Dear Client: Last Friday California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1246 into law, opening up direct-to-consumer shipping for spirits. California is the 11th US market to allow DTC spirits shipments.  California isn't totally new to the DTC spirits game. In fact, the state opened up DTC shipping for spirits as a pandemic-era provision, but that only applied to in-state distillers.  The new law, which will take effect January 1, 2026, allows in-state and out-of-state distilleries that produce less than 150,000