How Distillers Can Leverage California’s DTC Shipping Debut

Dear Client: Sovos ShipCompliant provided an update on the state of direct-to-consumer spirits shipping on a webinar this week, ahead of California bringing its DTC spirits market online in January 2026.  STATE OF DTC SPIRITS IN CALIFORNIA. As of November 2025, there are ten markets that allow DTC shipping of spirits in some form– Alaska, Arizona, Nebraska, North Dakota, Kentucky, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, and D.C. And, of course, California will be added to that list come