Bartman, i hate to tell you...But in Texas, we can not trade are give wine to any one, according to TABC.
we can make 200 gallons per year, which has to be consumed on the premise where it was made, It can not be transported to your next door neighbor, are the guy down the street.
dont believe me...check texas tabc....
Ya know, I have read about different states ABC (alcoholic beverage commission , or Texas ABC - TABC), for years, but never bothered to look up the actual law in Texas. Having done so now (including both the TABC code and administrative rules), I can find no reference to transport of home-made wine. Here's all I could find about home-made wine in Texas statutory law:
Sec. 109.21. HOME PRODUCTION OF WINE, ALE, MALT LIQUOR, OR BEER. (a) The head of a family or an unmarried adult may produce for the use of his family or himself not more than 200 gallons of wine, ale, malt liquor, or beer, per year. No license or permit is required.
(b) The commission may prohibit the use of any ingredient it finds detrimental to health or susceptible of use to evade this code. Only wine made from the normal alcoholic fermentation of the juices of dandelions or grapes, raisins, or other fruits may be produced under this section. Only ale, malt liquor, or beer made from the normal alcoholic fermentation of malted barley with hops, or their products, and with or without other malted or unmalted cereals, may be produced under this section. The possession of wine, ale, malt liquor, or beer produced under this section is not an offense if the person making it complies with all provisions of this section and the wine, ale, malt liquor, or beer is not distilled, fortified, or otherwise altered to increase its alcohol content.
(c) There is no annual state fee for beverages produced in compliance with this section.
Sec. 109.22. DELIVERY OF HOME-PRODUCED WINE, ALE, MALT LIQUOR, OR BEER FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES. (a) This section applies only to a person who is authorized under Section 109.21(a) to produce wine, ale, malt liquor, or beer.
(b) For the purpose of participating in an organized tasting, evaluation, competition, or literary review, a person to whom this section applies may deliver wine, ale, malt liquor, or beer produced and manufactured by the person to locations that are not licensed under this code for the purpose of submitting those products to an evaluation at an organized tasting competition that is closed to the general public or by a reviewer whose reviews are published if:
(1) no charge of any kind is made for the wine, ale, malt liquor, or beer, for its delivery, or for attendance at the event; and
(2) the commission consents in writing to the delivery.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize an increase in the quantity of wine, ale, malt liquor, or beer authorized to be produced by a person under the authority of Section 109.21(a) of this code.
Now, if you want to take an expansive view of this, you could say the only permissible 'delivery' of home-made wine by unlicensed home winemakers is to a wine-tasting event/competition. But what if your family member/friend comes to your home and picks it up? Which is usually how I handle it - I'm too cheap and lazy to drive it all across town!