What Time Can I Buy Wine in Texas? Sunday and Holiday Hours

In Texas, you can buy wine at a grocery store, convenience store, or other off-premise retailer from 7:00 a.m. to midnight Monday through Saturday, with Saturday sales continuing until 1:00 a.m. Sunday. On Sunday, sales resume at 10:00 a.m. and run until midnight. So if you’ve been wondering what time you can buy wine in Texas, the only real gap in the week is Sunday between 1:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. These hours come from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code and are enforced by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC).1Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. About Us

Monday Through Saturday

The weekday window is simple: 7:00 a.m. to midnight. Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code § 105.04 sets hours for wine and malt beverage retailers by pointing to the malt beverage schedule in § 105.05.2State of Texas. Texas Code Alcoholic Beverage Code 105.04 – Hours of Sale: Wine and Malt Beverage Retailer That schedule allows sales from 7:00 a.m. until midnight every day except Sunday, with Saturday night extending to 1:00 a.m.3State of Texas. Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code 105.05 – Hours of Sale: Malt Beverages

One product limit matters at the grocery or convenience store: only wine with an alcohol content below 17% by volume can be sold off these shelves. Anything stronger, or any product containing distilled spirits, has to come from a package store, which runs on a far more restrictive schedule.

Sunday

Sunday is where most people get caught out. Before 2021, off-premise retailers couldn’t sell wine until noon. House Bill 1518, passed during the 87th Texas Legislature, moved the start time to 10:00 a.m.4Texas Legislature Online. Texas HB1518 – Relating to the Hours for Selling Alcoholic Beverages in Certain Establishments

Here’s how a Sunday actually breaks down at the register:

You don’t need to buy food to buy wine on Sunday morning at a store. That food rule only applies to restaurants and bars serving on-premise. Still, don’t expect a sympathetic cashier at 9:55 a.m. Most retailers program their point-of-sale systems to block the transaction automatically during restricted hours.

Holidays: Wine at the Grocery Store vs. the Liquor Store

Package stores (liquor stores) have to close on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day, and they can’t sell on Sundays at all. If Christmas or New Year’s falls on a Sunday, the closure rolls to the following Monday.5State of Texas. Texas Code Alcoholic Beverage Code 105.01 – Hours of Sale: Liquor

Wine sold at grocery and convenience stores is not covered by those holiday closures. Because wine under 17% ABV sits on the wine and malt beverage schedule rather than the liquor schedule, you can buy it Thanksgiving morning, Christmas afternoon, or any other holiday, as long as the store is open and you’re inside the normal daily hours. This surprises people every year: the liquor store next door is dark, but the wine aisle at the supermarket is open for business.

Make Sure Your Area Allows Wine Sales

Hours only matter if sales are legal where you are. Texas uses a local option system where voters decide what types of alcohol can be sold in their community. As of 2025, only 60 of Texas’s 254 counties are completely wet. Three are completely dry. The rest are a patchwork, with some precincts or cities voting wet and others staying dry.6Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. TABC Publishes Interactive Wet/Dry Map The TABC keeps an interactive map you can search by county to see exactly what’s legal where you live.7Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. TABC Wet and Dry Areas In a dry area, no clock will help.

Quick Reference

  • Monday–Friday: 7:00 a.m. to midnight
  • Saturday: 7:00 a.m., running through to 1:00 a.m. Sunday
  • Sunday: midnight to 1:00 a.m., then 10:00 a.m. to midnight
  • Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Day: normal hours at grocery and convenience stores; package stores closed
  • Wine over 17% ABV or anything with distilled spirits: package store only, not the grocery store