Ala. Code § 28-3A-8
Upon applicant's compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the regulations made thereunder, the board shall issue to applicant a liquor wholesale license which shall authorize the licensee to import and receive shipments of liquor or wine from outside the state from licensed manufacturers and to sell at wholesale or distribute liquor or wine to the board or as authorized by the board except a liquor wholesale licensee may not sell liquor to retail licensees of the board. Sales shall be in original packages or containers as prepared for the market by the manufacturer or bottler. No person shall sell at wholesale or distribute liquor or wine within this state to the board or as authorized by the board unless such person shall be issued a liquor wholesale license by the board.
Ala. Code § 28-3A-8 (1975)