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Retailers must hold a Virginia ABC tobacco permit to sell cigarettes, vapes and nicotine products starting Oct. 1. Applications take 20 to 30 days, and comment on the rules governing the program does not close until Oct. 24.
VHN Staff · · Statewide
April's destructive freeze left some vineyards with only a fraction of their normal crop. Wineries are now cutting production, rationing inventory and confronting Virginia's farm-winery sourcing requirements.
VHN Staff · · Statewide
The Cannabis Control Authority's first draft sets fees, security rules and a 350-store retail cap ahead of adult-use sales in July 2027. For hospitality operators the decisive rule is already law: no marijuana license may be granted at a place where alcohol or tobacco is made, sold or used.
VHN Staff · · Statewide
The country's largest wine and spirits distributor entered a 24-month non-prosecution agreement covering improper payments, gift cards, trips and false invoicing. The conduct described is centered in California, and federal documents do not identify Virginia.
VHN Staff · · Statewide
A 7,400-square-foot winery, bistro and event venue opened on Chartermark Drive in Chesterfield County on Aug. 17, the California franchise's first Richmond-area location and its second in Virginia. About 30 people work there, and on-site production is coming.
VHN Staff · · Richmond
The Commonwealth is paying more to inspect a Northern Virginia restaurant than three out of four Washington-area restaurants pay the manager running it. The General Assembly funded 17 new special agents this year, and the reason is the permit that takes effect October 1.
VHN Staff · · Northern Virginia
Virginia ABC's FY2026 final Board orders record 589 disciplinary matters, $1,143,700 in civil penalties and 12 revocations. Selling to someone under 21 accounted for more than half the caseload and roughly two thirds of the money.
VHN Staff · · Statewide
Attorney General Jay Jones announced the Regulated Products Enforcement Unit on July 30. Hours earlier the Fourth Circuit upheld North Carolina's vape directory against a preemption challenge, the ruling a Virginia injunction had been waiting on since December.
VHN Staff · · Statewide
SB 424 doubled the daily spirits limit from three ounces to six and turned tastings into sales. It also requires food reasonably available, which the statute says a food truck or the patron can supply. The whole thing sunsets July 1, 2028.
VHN Staff · · Statewide
A downtown music venue lost its license for 30 days. The shows moved into a warehouse and two houses. The fire department closed all three, because none of them was legally allowed to hold a crowd.
VHN Staff · · Shenandoah Valley
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's retail tobacco permit takes effect October 1, 2026. It covers restaurants and bars, not just smoke shops, and ABC says applications take 20 to 30 days. The window to be legal on day one is closing now.
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
