Cannabis Wine, Explained: THC Wine, CBD Wine, and What's Actually in Each Bottle

Last updated October 2026

"Cannabis wine" is one phrase doing the job of five. Search for it, or for "weed wine," and you'll land on a non-alcoholic THC wine like ours, a dispensary bottle you can't ship, a CBD wine that won't do anything, a recipe for steeping flower in a Cabernet, and a delta 8 product with a legal clock on it. They're all called cannabis wine. They're not the same thing.

"Cannabis wine" is one phrase doing the job of five. They're all called cannabis wine. They're not the same thing.

Here's what's actually in each bottle, what it does, and how to tell them apart from the label.

Five things people call cannabis wine

1. Hemp-derived THC wine. Real wine, alcohol removed, a measured dose of THC from hemp. Legal federally, regulated by each state, ships to your door. This is what we make.
2. Dispensary THC wine. Alcohol-free wine infused with THC from marijuana, sold only inside licensed dispensaries in adult-use states.
3. CBD wine. Wine infused with CBD instead of THC. No lift.
4. Wine with alcohol and THC together. Mostly homemade. No legal version is sold in the United States.
5. Delta 8 wine. Infused with delta-8 THC made by chemical conversion. A federal rule change is about to take it off the hemp market.

The rest of this guide takes them one at a time.

1. Hemp-derived THC wine

This is the cannabis infused wine you can actually order. It starts as wine, the alcohol comes out, and a precise dose of hemp-derived delta-9 THC goes in. Delta-9 is the same THC molecule found in marijuana. The difference is the plant it was extracted from and the amount, which is what keeps it legal under the 2018 Farm Bill.

Bloom & Barrel is this kind. Paso Red and Chardonnay, both made from grapes grown in Paso Robles, California, both non-alcoholic, both 4mg of THC per 5-ounce glass and 20mg per 750ml bottle. Every batch is tested by an independent lab and the lab results are posted. We ship to states that permit hemp-derived THC beverages, and checkout confirms you're 21 or older.

If you want the full story of how it's made and what a glass feels like, we wrote a guide to non-alcoholic THC wine.

2. Dispensary THC wine

This is where the category started. California wineries made the first legal alcohol-free THC wines for the dispensary market, and products like it are sold in adult-use states today.

What's different:

• The THC comes from marijuana rather than hemp, so it's sold under state cannabis licenses, not hemp rules.
• It's available only inside a licensed dispensary in that state. It can't be shipped across state lines, and most dispensaries don't ship at all.
• California law doesn't allow alcohol in a cannabis product, so these are alcohol-free by requirement.

If you live near a dispensary, it's a real option. If you want a bottle delivered, it's not the one.

3. CBD wine

CBD wine is wine infused with cannabidiol, the non-intoxicating compound from hemp. Most CBD wines are alcohol-free, for the same federal reason we'll get to in a moment, and some carry a trace of THC.

The honest thing to say about CBD wine: it won't give you the shift a glass of THC wine does. CBD doesn't produce a lift. People buy it for the idea of calm, and we're not going to make claims in either direction. If you've tried a CBD wine and felt like nothing happened, that's because, as far as the evening goes, nothing did. Our guide to hemp-derived THC explains the difference between CBD and THC in plain language.

4. Wine with alcohol and THC together

You'll see "THC wine with alcohol" in search results, and in recipes for steeping cannabis flower in a bottle of red. Two things to know.

First, there's no legal version for sale in the United States. The federal agency that approves alcohol formulas, the TTB, has said it won't approve alcohol beverages containing THC or CBD. That's why every commercial cannabis wine, ours included, is alcohol-free.

Second, we'd skip the homemade kind. Alcohol and THC in the same glass are two different intoxicants working at once, and the combination is unpredictable. It's the reason our FAQs say not to mix Bloom & Barrel with regular alcohol. We make the wine non-alcoholic first, then add the THC, so there's only one thing working.

5. Delta 8 wine

Delta-8 THC is a close cousin of delta-9. It occurs in the plant in tiny amounts, so almost all of the delta-8 in products is made by chemically converting CBD. It's milder than delta-9, and it has lived in a gray area.

That area is closing. The federal hemp legislation passed in November 2025 removes cannabinoids that are synthesized or manufactured outside the plant from the definition of hemp, and that part takes effect on November 12, 2026. Delta 8 wine made by conversion falls on the wrong side of that line.

We use hemp-derived delta-9 THC, extracted from the plant, not converted. Our guide to whether delta 9 wine is legal covers where the rules stand and how they're changing.

What people mean by "weed wine"

Weed wine, marijuana wine, canna wine, cannawine, hemp wine, infused wine. The names pile up because the category is young and nobody agreed on one. Most of them describe either the hemp-derived kind or the dispensary kind.

Two of those names deserve a flag:

• "Infused wine" on its own usually means wine infused with fruit, herbs, or spices. Mulled wine is infused wine. If a bottle says "infused" with no cannabinoid named, it probably has nothing to do with cannabis.
• "Hemp wine" sometimes means wine flavored with hemp seed or hemp seed oil, which contain no THC. Hemp seed is one of the few hemp ingredients federal regulators do allow in alcohol, so a "hemp wine" can be an ordinary alcoholic wine with a hemp note.

The name on the bottle matters less than four lines on the label, which we'll get to after the table.

Five kinds of cannabis wine, side by side

How to read a cannabis wine label

Whatever a bottle calls itself, four lines tell you what you're actually holding.

1. Which cannabinoid, and from where. Look for "hemp-derived delta-9 THC" if you want the kind that ships and does something. "CBD" means no lift. "Delta-8" means converted.
2. Milligrams per serving and per bottle. Both numbers should be on the label. Ours is 4mg per glass and 20mg per 750ml bottle. If only one number is listed, do the math before you pour.
3. Alcohol by volume. A legal cannabis wine reads non-alcoholic. If it lists an ABV, something's off.
4. A lab report you can find. A Certificate of Analysis for the batch should be posted or sent on request. If the maker won't share one, move on.

Quick answers

What is cannabis wine?
Cannabis wine is wine infused with a cannabinoid, usually THC or CBD. The commercial versions are alcohol-free. Hemp-derived THC wine is the kind sold online and shipped; dispensary THC wine is sold only in licensed dispensaries.

Does cannabis wine get you high?
THC wine produces a gentle lift that most people compare to the first glass of regular wine, without the fog. At 4mg per glass, Bloom & Barrel is a social dose. CBD wine produces no lift.

Is weed wine legal?
Hemp-derived THC wine is legal federally under the 2018 Farm Bill and regulated state by state. Dispensary THC wine is legal only in states with adult-use cannabis, and only through licensed dispensaries. Wine that contains both alcohol and THC isn't sold legally in the United States.

Does cannabis wine have alcohol?
No. Every commercial cannabis wine is alcohol-free, because federal regulators won't approve alcohol beverages containing THC or CBD. Bloom & Barrel is made as wine first, then the alcohol is removed, then the THC is added.

What's the difference between CBD wine and THC wine?
THC wine delivers a mild psychoactive lift. CBD wine doesn't. Both are usually alcohol-free. If you want the shift of an evening glass without the alcohol, you want THC wine.

Where can I buy cannabis wine?
Hemp-derived THC wine ships direct from the maker to states that permit it. Bloom & Barrel delivers to 14 states, and our guide to where to buy THC wine walks through how ordering works.

The bottom line

Cannabis wine is five bottles wearing one name. Only two of them do anything, and only one of them ships. If what you want is a real glass of wine, no alcohol, a measured lift, and a lab report before you buy, that's hemp-derived THC wine, and it's what we make.

Paso Red is the cozy one. Chardonnay is the bright one. The Trifecta gives you both.