Wholesale alcohol rules in South Carolina

Whether a producer may sell direct to a retailer here, by beverage class. Each row says how well sourced it is: whether we read the statute ourselves, or are still working from our own notes or a secondary summary.

This is the producer-to-retailer lane. Sales through a licensed wholesaler are the ordinary route and are not what these rows describe. Nothing here is legal advice — it is a record of what we read, published so you can check it.

Beer

Closed

S.C. Code 61-4-940(A) — verified 2026-10-25.

Wine

Open, but conditional

Condition: Open only to a winery whose wine is made on its own premises "with at least sixty percent of the juice from fruit and berries that are GROWN IN THIS STATE" - a fact about the fruit, which no order carries.

S.C. Code 61-4-730(A) — verified 2026-10-25.

Spirits

Closed

S.C. Code 61-6-100(3); 61-6-195 — verified 2026-10-25.

RTD / canned cocktails

Open, but conditional

Condition: An RTD follows its base, and the three bases do not agree here — beer: prohibited, wine: conditional, spirits: prohibited. The order does not carry the base.

Derived from this state's beer, wine and spirits lanes (S.C. Code 61-4-940(A); S.C. Code 61-4-730(A); S.C. Code 61-6-100(3); 61-6-195)

A class not listed above is one nobody has read yet — not even a secondary summary. It is not a finding that South Carolina forbids it. Every row above links the statute it rests on, so you can check the reading for yourself.