As you are aware, we are going through exceptionally difficult times now that many of us have never faced. Local, state and federal governments are attempting to ease the burden on many affected industries. To that end, as you may have heard, Tennessee Governor Lee...

From the Nashville Beer Board emergency meeting conducted on March 20, 2020 for on-premise consumption beer permittees those that hold both an on and off premise beer permit (it does NOT apply to those merely holding an off-premise beer permit: Metropolitan Beer...

Attention all managers of retail package stores, grocery stores, convenience stores and wineries: Elks Law will be conducting a training classes for your managers on MAY 25, 2016 at Grinderswitch Winery in Centerville, Tennessee at 1:00 pm and an additional class has...

And you thought the fines issued by the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission was tough! According to the Boston Globe, the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission assessed a $2.6 MILLION fine last week against Craft Brewers Guild for paying kickbacks to...

July 1, 2016 brings a lot of changes to the alcohol industry in Tennessee. Almost everyone knows that beginning on July 1, grocery stores will be able to sell wine (if the wholesalers can deliver product to the grocery store, but that’s for another article….). But...

The cut-off dates for applications to be submitted for all future Commission meetings. Effective immediately, the cut-off date for a Commission meeting is the Friday after the last Commission meeting. Previously, the cut-off date was two weeks prior to the Commission...

Here are the details for the upcoming training seminar on the requirements for obtaining a retail food service "wine" license as well as information on Tennessee I.D, a Responsible Vendor Training program. Be sure to attend and get the 411.... Wine License...

The Tennessee Fuel and Convenience Store Association is hosting a training session for obtaining a wine license for grocery stores and convenient stores on March 24, 2016 at 12 noon. I will be a featured speaker along with David Patterson. Contact Danielle Elks for...

Hank Hayes / TimesNews  KINGSPORT — Tennessee is moving toward allowing wine to be sold in retail food stores on July 1, but there are at least two current issues affecting the situation. One is a statewide issue, while the other concerns one location in Kingsport....

As part of its regulatory duties, the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission ("TABC") enforces the laws regarding the prohibition of the sale of alcohol to minors. Agents regularly send in an under-aged confidential informant to determine whether a licensee will sell...