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This law was first created in 2004. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 89<\/a> and 319<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":55602,"section_number":"4.1-100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/4.1-100\/"}],"permalink":{"id":195291,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55712,"identifier":"3.2-3000","token":"3.2\/II\/C\/30\/3.2-3000","url":"\/3.2-3000\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3000\/","token":"3.2\/II\/C\/30\/3.2-3000","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3000","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Enology<\/span>” means those practices and that body of knowledge involved in the production, aging, storing, and packaging of wine<\/span>.\n\t\t“Farm winery<\/span>” or “winery” means an “establishment<\/span>” as defined in \u00a7 4.1-100<\/a>.\n\t\t“Grape grower<\/span>” means a commercial grower who: (i) sells at least $10,000 worth of grapes annually; or (ii) has planted and maintains at least three acres of vines of a type used for the production of wine<\/span>.\n\t\t“Viticulture<\/span>” means the cultivation and study of grapes and grapevines.\n\t\t“Wine<\/span>” means an alcoholic beverage as defined in \u00a7 4.1-100<\/a>.\n\t\t“Winegrower<\/span>” means any person or entity producing wine<\/span> from approved products grown by that individual.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 3.2-3000)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Enology” means those practices and that body of knowledge\ninvolved in the production, aging, storing, and packaging of wine.\n\t\t“Farm winery” or “winery” means an\n“establishment” as defined in \u00a7 4.1-100.\n\t\t“Grape grower” means a commercial grower who: (i) sells at least\n$10,000 worth of grapes annually; or (ii) has planted and maintains at least\nthree acres of vines of a type used for the production of wine.\n\t\t“Viticulture” means the cultivation and study of grapes and\ngrapevines.\n\t\t“Wine” means an alcoholic beverage as defined in \u00a7 4.1-100.\n\t\t“Winegrower” means any person or entity producing wine from\napproved products grown by that individual.\n\nHISTORY: 2004, cc. 89, 319, \u00a7 3.1-1064.1; 2008, c. 860.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}