Originally Posted by letiole
I think it's far more than a few, but it would be useful to compile a list of states that don't allow it (and at that it can vary by county). Virginia law forbids it, except with private parties in a separate room, but there are restaurants there that allow it anyway.
Which other states that you know have laws forbidding bringing your own wine for consumption at a restaurant? These are the ones I found (and in some states listed it's only illegal if the restaurant has a full liquor license - New Jersey restaurants without liquor licenses are apparently forbidden from charging corkage and encourage BYO, and Tennessee law requires corkage be offered):
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Texas
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In Texas it's "legal" if permitted by owners in "Dry" areas (where wine may not be sold "across the bar") or when the establishment has no alcohol sales permit (for either beer, wine or mixed drinks).
Much patronized by the national media when the Prez is weekending or longer in nearby Crawford, Waco's "Siete Mares, fresh seafood in the style of the Mexican Gulf Coast, charges no corkage fees and once had the grandest collection of unmatched glasses brought by local patrons before the little place had wineglasses at all - everything from high end Napa boutiques to Rhenish souvenirs. Now, it has its own "dollar store" variety, less charm, but less breakage.
There's celebrities to sight, but from some perspectives, status does not always endow couth.
Pet Peeve...Restaurants that more than triple the normal retail price of modest but drinkable wines. I expect to pay a substantial markup, but not to send the owner's daughter to finishing school (in Switzerland). That business in Cana? The hall had plenty of wine. The manager was simply charging to much!
TMO