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Virginia wineries, breweries, distilleries and cideries, plus the ABC side of the business: license types, transfers, the food-to-beverage tiers and the MBAR.
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The Mixed Beverage Annual Review is due on your license anniversary, not a fixed date, and the records it depends on have to be built months earlier. Here is what it is and where operators get caught.
VHN Staff · · Statewide
Not the interesting numbers. The ones that decide whether you keep your license. Each one is a threshold somebody crosses without noticing.
VHN Staff · · Statewide
Virginia ABC issues more than seventy license and permit types. Most operators only ever need one of about a dozen. Here is how to find yours without reading the whole code.
VHN Staff · · Statewide
HB 975 replaced the flat 45% food requirement for mixed beverage licensees with three tiers keyed to monthly food sales, and added a new seating rule. The change took effect July 1, 2026.
VHN Staff · · Statewide
