a minor can inherit an automobile even though they are too young to drive.
That's the difference between ownership and control. Yes, a minor can own a car, or a bank account, or a business empire. However it does not automatically mean that they can operate them. He may not have keys for the car; he may not have the signature right in the bank; and he may not have a seat at the board of the company - even though he is getting dividends from 99% of shares that he inherited, and is technically listed as the owner.
In case of alcohol for this argument to hold water you would need to similarly separate ownership and control. Can a minor inherit a collection of wine? This could be an interesting case because clearly the collection would be very valuable. Most likely a trust would have to be set up to control the items until the minor grows up. He wouldn't be able to sell it until then anyway.
Regardless of all that, laws are not necessarily logical, with so many of them being written in haste to patch up some hole. So if the law says that a minor may not own a bottle of alcohol, that's it. Pick another heir.