VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, June 22, 2026 -- Joy of Wine Company Inc., d/b/a Compliance Vine™, today announced the launch of Compliance Vine Live, a real-time compliance engine that checks every direct-to-consumer (DTC) wine order against the shipping laws of its destination state — automatically, in milliseconds, inside the e-commerce platforms wineries already use.
Compliance Vine Live is now an approved app on Shopify and Commerce7, with additional platform integrations on the way. Once installed, it works quietly in the background of every sale: no new workflows, no exports, no spreadsheets.
When a customer places an order, Compliance Vine Live instantly verifies that the winery is licensed to ship to the destination state, that the order stays within state volume limits, that age verification requirements are met, that the destination address isn't in a restricted locality, and that the correct taxes are applied. Orders that pass go through untouched. Orders that don't are flagged or stopped before they ship — and every decision is recorded in a tamper-evident, audit-ready log.
"Wine businesses should spend their time making and selling great wine — not chasing spreadsheets and worrying about audits," said Christopher Anderson, Founder of Joy of Wine Company. "Most wineries don't find out about a compliance problem until weeks later, when the report is due or the fine arrives. Compliance Vine Live moves that moment to the point of sale, where a problem costs nothing to fix."
Manual compliance can cost a winery upwards of $170,000 a year and consume more than 40 hours of staff time every month. The stakes of getting it wrong keep rising: federal penalties can exceed $26,000 per violation, per day, and state regulators have levied fines reaching into the millions. Compliance Vine catches mistakes before they happen — not after they're submitted.
From Compliance Burden to Competitive Advantage
Compliance has traditionally been viewed as a cost center requiring dozens of staff hours each month. Compliance Vine Live changes that equation by automating repetitive reporting tasks and surfacing actionable insights that help teams work more efficiently. By reducing manual processes and improving reporting accuracy, wineries can dedicate more time to customer experience, growth initiatives, and wine sales instead of administrative work.
On every order, Compliance Vine Live performs:
• Real-time screening against the destination state's DTC shipping rules
• License and permit validation for the ship-to state
• State volume and purchase-limit enforcement
• Age verification requirement checks
• Accurate state and local tax determination at checkout
• Restricted locality ("dry area") screening
• A tamper-evident, audit-ready record of every compliance decision
Part of a Complete Compliance Platform
Compliance Vine Live works hand-in-hand with the Compliance Vine™ platform — the system of record where wineries and their compliance partners manage state shipping reports, tax filing preparation, license and renewal tracking, and audit-ready reporting from a single dashboard. Together, the two products cover the full compliance lifecycle, from the moment an order is placed to the day the filing is due, across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories.
The platform is built for boutique wineries and enterprise operations alike, with collaborative access for internal teams and outside compliance consultants. Wineries on Shopify and Commerce7 can install Compliance Vine Live directly from their platform's app marketplace; businesses on other systems can integrate via API. Both products are available on a monthly subscription.
Built for the Modern Wine Industry
Compliance Vine Live is part of Joy of Wine Company's mission to modernize regulatory operations for the beverage industry through intelligent automation and purpose-built software. The platform is designed for:
• Wineries
• Wine retailers
• Compliance consultants
• Accounting firms
• Direct-to-consumer shipping platforms
Future enhancements will include expanded analytics, industry benchmarking, AI-powered compliance assistance, and additional platform integrations. Joy of Wine Company also offers AI Sommelier ®, a B2B intelligence product that powers personalized wine recommendations, staff training, and customer preference insights for wine businesses.
Based in Virginia Beach, Va., Joy of Wine Company builds modern technology that removes friction from the wine business. Compliance Vine™ transforms mandatory compliance into actionable intelligence, enabling wineries to reduce risk, save time, and focus on what matters most: making great wine.
Website: https://joyofwine.co
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