                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHOLESALE LICENSES (§ 4.1-206.2)

The Board may grant the following wholesale licenses:

1. Wholesale beer licenses, including those granted pursuant to subdivision 2,
which shall authorize the licensee to acquire and receive deliveries and
shipments of beer and to sell and deliver or ship the beer from one or more
premises identified in the license, in accordance with Board regulations, in
closed containers to (i) persons licensed under this chapter to sell such beer
at wholesale or retail for the purpose of resale, (ii) owners of boats
registered under the laws of the United States sailing for ports of call of a
foreign country or another state, and (iii) persons outside the Commonwealth for
resale outside the Commonwealth.
			No wholesale beer licensee shall purchase beer for resale from a person
outside the Commonwealth who does not hold a beer importer&#8217;s license
unless such wholesale beer licensee holds a beer importer&#8217;s license and
purchases beer for resale pursuant to the privileges of such beer
importer&#8217;s license.

2. Restricted wholesale beer licenses, which shall authorize a nonprofit,
nonstock corporation created in accordance with subdivision B 3 of &#xA7;
3.2-102 to provide wholesale beer distribution services to brewery and limited
brewery licensees, provided that no more than 500 barrels of beer shall be
distributed by the corporation to each licensee in any one calendar year. The
corporation shall provide such distribution services in accordance with the
terms of a written agreement with the brewery or limited brewery licensee, which
shall comply with the provisions of this subtitle and Board regulations. The
corporation shall receive all of the privileges of, and be subject to all laws
and regulations governing, wholesale beer licenses granted under subdivision 1.
The board of directors of such corporation shall develop procedures and
guidelines related to the sale and delivery of beer by the corporation to
holders of banquet and special events licenses when such events are located
within the exclusive distribution territory of another wholesale beer licensee.

3. Wholesale wine licenses, including those granted pursuant to subdivision 4,
which shall authorize the licensee to acquire and receive deliveries and
shipments of wine and to sell and deliver or ship the wine from one or more
premises identified in the license, in accordance with Board regulations, in
closed containers, to (i) persons licensed to sell such wine in the
Commonwealth, (ii) persons outside the Commonwealth for resale outside the
Commonwealth, (iii) religious congregations for use only for sacramental
purposes, and (iv) owners of boats registered under the laws of the United
States sailing for ports of call of a foreign country or another state.
			No wholesale wine licensee shall purchase wine for resale from a person
outside the Commonwealth who does not hold a wine importer&#8217;s license
unless such wholesale wine licensee holds a wine importer&#8217;s license and
purchases wine for resale pursuant to the privileges of such wine
importer&#8217;s license.

4. Restricted wholesale wine licenses, which shall authorize a nonprofit,
nonstock corporation created in accordance with subdivision B 2 of &#xA7;
3.2-102 to provide wholesale wine distribution services to winery and farm
winery licensees, provided that no more than 3,000 cases of wine produced by a
winery or farm winery licensee shall be distributed by the corporation in any
one year. The corporation shall provide such distribution services in accordance
with the terms of a written agreement approved by the corporation between it and
the winery or farm winery licensee, which shall comply with the provisions of
this subtitle and Board regulations. The corporation shall receive all of the
privileges of, and be subject to, all laws and regulations governing wholesale
wine licenses granted under subdivision 3.

HISTORY: 2020, cc. 1113, 1114; 2023, c. 597.