Recent DTC Bills in Tennessee Point to Wider Trend

Dear Client:  Direct-to-consumer is an increasingly important channel for wineries and growing like gangbusters, with shipments up 27% to 8.39 million cases in 2020, reaching $3.7 billion, according to ShipCompliant's annual DTC report. As the channel continues to grow, particularly spurred on by COVID-related trends, state agencies and legislators are taking a closer look at DTC shipments.  For instance, Texas launched one of the biggest efforts to audit the state's DTC wine market in 2019 [see WSD 11-05-2019]. Most recently, Ohio