Code of Virginia - Title 4.1 Alcoholic Beverage Control Act - Chapter 4 Wine Franchise Act

4.1-400 Construction and purpose
This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies. The underlying purposes and policies of the chapter are: 1. ...

4.1-401 Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Agreement" means a commercial relationship, not required to be evidenced in writing, of ...

4.1-402 Applicability
This chapter shall apply to all agreements in effect on or after February 18, 1989, and any renewal or amendment of such agreements. For the ...

4.1-403 No inducement or coercion
No winery shall: 1. Induce or coerce, or attempt to induce or coerce, any wine wholesaler to accept delivery of any wine or any other ...

4.1-404 Primary area of responsibility
Each winery which enters into an agreement with a wine wholesaler shall designate a sales territory as the primary area of responsibility of that wholesaler ...

4.1-405 Sale of winery
A. Except for discontinuance of a brand or for good cause as provided in § 4.1-406, the purchaser of a winery shall become obligated to ...

4.1-406 Cancellation
Notwithstanding the terms, provisions or conditions of any agreement, no winery shall unilaterally amend, cancel, terminate or refuse to continue to renew any agreement, or ...

4.1-407 Notice of intent to terminate
A. Except as provided in subsection F, a winery shall provide a wholesaler at least ninety days' prior written notice of any intention to amend, ...

4.1-408 Transfer of business
A. No winery shall unreasonably withhold or delay consent to any transfer of the wholesaler's business or transfer of the stock or other interest in ...

4.1-409 Remedies
A. In addition to any other sanctions which the Board is empowered by law to impose, it may order that any act or practice constituting ...

4.1-410 Board proceedings and appellate review
A. The Board, upon petition by any interested party, or upon its own motion if it has reasonable grounds to believe a violation has or ...

4.1-411 Price of product
No winery, whether by means of a term or condition of an agreement or otherwise, shall fix or maintain the prices at which the wholesaler ...

4.1-412 Increase of prices
No winery or wine importer shall increase the prices charged any wholesale wine licensee for wine except by written notice to the wholesaler signed by ...

4.1-413 Retaliatory action prohibited
A winery shall not take retaliatory action against a wholesaler who files or manifests an intention to file a complaint of alleged violation of state ...

4.1-414 Management
No winery shall require or prohibit any change in management or personnel of any wholesaler unless the current or potential management or personnel fails to ...

4.1-415 Discrimination prohibited
No winery shall discriminate among its wholesalers in any business dealings including, but not limited to, the price of wine sold to the wholesaler, unless ...

4.1-416 Waiver prohibited; conflicts of laws
A. No winery shall require any wholesaler to waive compliance with any provision of this chapter. Any contract or agreement purporting to do so is ...

4.1-417 Right of free association
No winery or wholesaler shall restrict or inhibit the right of free association among wineries or wholesalers for any lawful purpose. (Code 1950, § 4-118.39; ...

4.1-418 Reasonableness and good faith
A. Every agreement entered into under this chapter shall impose on the parties the obligation to act in good faith. B. This chapter shall impose ...