Winery Startup Guide

A Quick Start Guide for Budding Tennessee Wineries

This guide is meant to help you navigate the many decisions faced and steps taken when starting a winery in Tennessee. This guide is... 

• Help discovering what kind of winery you want to be (Section 1)
• A how-to on State laws, licenses, permits, and taxes (Sections 2, 3, 4, 5)
• A roadmap of State and local industry resources that are eager to help(Section 8)
• Helpful tips to guide your business plan including strategy, marketing,and finances (Sections 6 and 7)
  

Disclaimer: This guide is intended to provide general guidance and be a helpful resource to those interested in joining the industry. This is not intended to be the single source of truth when it comes to questions regarding taxation and regulatory issues. If you receive conflict information from a partnering agency, you should go with the guidance given to you directly from them. For any edits or suggestions to the document, please email those to business.development@tn.gov.