Who or what does the organization report to?
The Government of British Columbia
Mandatory/Regulatory or Voluntary/Non-Regulatory
Mandatory/Regulatory
Description
If you have a winery license
Summary
The Liquor Control and Licensing Branch has been renamed to the Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch (LCRB) to represent its new additional responsibility of licensing and monitoring the private retail sale of non-medical cannabis in British Columbia.
The Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch (LCRB) regulates British Columbia’s liquor industries and private retail non-medical cannabis industries. This includes:
- Restaurants, bars and pubs serving liquor
- Liquor manufacturers
- Liquor retail stores
- Special events involving liquor
- Private cannabis retail stores
The Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch encourages voluntary compliance of all licensees. The LCRB supervises over 10,000 licensed establishments and over 25,000 licensed events per year in the province of BC
What does the organization regulate or is in charge of with respect to vineyards/wineries
- Restaurants, bars and pubs serving liquor
- Liquor manufacturers
- Liquor retail stores
- Special events involving liquor
- Private cannabis retail stores
Required Reporting for BC Vineyards/Wineries
Annual renewal of winery license
How is this organization involved with starting a Vineyard/ Winery?
The Manufacturers Terms and Conditions Handbook has all licensing information for wineries