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 an authorized officer or agent of the winery or wine importer, which notice shall contain the amount and effective date of the increase. A copy of the notice shall be sent to the Board and shall be treated as confidential information, except in relation to enforcement proceedings for violation of this section. No increase shall take effect prior to thirty calendar days following the date on which the notice is postmarked. The Board may authorize such price increases to take effect with less than the aforesaid thirty-calendar-day notice if a winery or wine importer so requests and demonstrates good cause therefor.
Code 1950, § 4-118.33; 1985, c. 542, § 4-118.53; 1989, c. 10; 1993, c. 866.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 4.1 - Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control
Chapter 4 - Wine Franchise Act
§ 4.1-400. Construction and purpose
§ 4.1-403. No inducement or coercion
§ 4.1-407. Notice of intent to terminate
§ 4.1-408. Transfer of business
§ 4.1-410. Board proceedings and appellate review
§ 4.1-413. Retaliatory action prohibited
§ 4.1-415. Discrimination prohibited
§ 4.1-416. Waiver prohibited; conflicts of laws