Iowa § 123.171 - 123.171 Wine certificate, permit, or license required — exceptions for personal use.

§ 123.171. 123.171 Wine certificate, permit, or license required — exceptions for personal use.

1. A person shall not cause the manufacture, importation, or sale of wine in this state unless a certificate or permit as provided in this subchapter, or a retail alcohol license as provided in subchapter I of this chapter, is first obtained which authorizes that manufacture, importation, or sale. 2. Any person of legal age may manufacture wine for personal use without a class “A” wine permit, subject to the requirements of this subsection. Such wine may be consumed on the premises or removed from the premises where it was manufactured only if the wine is not sold, exchanged, bartered, dispensed, or given in consideration of purchase for any property or services or in evasion of the requirements of this chapter. 3. Notwithstanding subsection 1, an individual of legal age may import into the state without a certificate, permit, or license an amount of wine not to exceed nine liters per calendar month that the individual personally obtained outside the state or, in the case of wine personally obtained outside the United States, a quantity which does not exceed the amount allowed by federal law governing the importation of alcoholic beverages into the United States for personal consumption. Wine imported pursuant to this subsection shall be for personal consumption in a private home or other private accommodation and only if the wine is not sold other than as provided in subsection 4, exchanged, bartered, dispensed, or given in consideration of purchase for any property or services or in evasion of the requirements of this chapter. 4. Notwithstanding subsection 1, a person of legal age may conduct private wine sales without a certificate, permit, or license, subject to the requirements of this subsection. Except for wine manufactured pursuant to subsection 2, a person may sell wine from the person’s private collection in an original, unopened container to either a class “A” wine permittee for purposes of resale or a wine auction permittee under section 123.173C for resale by means of an auction. A class “A” wine permittee or wine auction permittee involved in the sale of wine by a person under this subsection shall ensure that each bottle of wine purchased has a permanently affixed label stating that the wine was acquired from a private collection. 85 Acts, ch 32, §62; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §51; 2016 Acts, ch 1008, §10; 2018 Acts, ch 1096, §5, 6; 2022 Acts, ch 1099, §71, 88; 2024 Acts, ch 1088, §2, 3 Referred to in §123.10, 123.180 Wed Dec 10 22:43:11 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 123.171 (30, 1)