Sale of liquor under retail store endorsements
 144. (1) The holder of a brewery licence shall not sell beer under a brewery retail store endorsement unless the following criteria are satisfied: 1. If the licensee has only one brewery retail store endorsement, the full brewing process must take place at the production site where the retail store is located, including mashing, lautering, boiling, hop separation, fermentation and packaging. 2. If the licensee has two brewery retail store endorsements, i. the full brewing process for at least 50 per cent of the beer sold at each retail store must take place at the production site where the retail store is located, and ii. the full brewing process for any remaining beer sold at the retail store must take place at the production site where the other retail store is located. (2) The holder of a distillery licence shall not sell spirits under a distillery retail store endorsement unless the following criteria are satisfied: 1. At least 25 per cent of the volume of spirits sold each year must be manufactured, from start to finish, at the production site where the distillery retail store is located. 2. At least 50 per cent of the volume of spirits sold each year must be manufactured, from start to finish, at a production site where one of the licensee’s distillery retail stores is located. 3. The remaining volume of spirits sold each year must be distilled, blended, aged or bottled at a production site where one of the licensee’s distillery retail stores is located. 4. The spirits must be brands that are owned by the licensee. (3) The holder of a winery licence shall not sell wine under a winery retail store endorsement unless the following criteria are satisfied: 1. The Registrar must have specified that the type of wine can be sold under the endorsement or under the applicable endorsement subclass. 2. The licensee must carry out the full primary fermentation process with respect to at least 25 per cent of the total volume of wine sold by the licensee. 3. The wine sold at the retail store, excluding sake, must meet the following conditions: i. The licensee must carry out the full primary fermentation process at the production site with respect to at least 25 per cent of the total volume of wine sold at the retail store, which requires, A. all aspects of the process to occur at the production site, and B. the relevant fermentation vessels to at all times be physically present at the production site. ii. The licensee must carry out at least one of the following steps, in full, at a production site where one of the licensee’s winery retail stores is located with respect to the entire content of each container of wine the licensee sells at its winery retail stores: A. Primary fermentation. B. Blending. C. Barrel aging for at least three months. D. Bulk aging for at least three months. E. In the case of sparkling wine, secondary fermentation or artificial carbonation, as applicable. F. In the case of fortified wine, flavouring. 4. In the case of sake, the licensee must, i. perform the full sake-making process, including all steps set out in paragraph 3 of subsection 138 (2) (Sale of wine under winery licence), at the production site where the retail store is located for at least 25 per cent of the total volume of sake sold at the store, and ii. perform the full sake-making process, including all steps set out in paragraph 3 of subsection 138 (2) (Sale of wine under winery licence), at a production site where one of the licensee’s winery retail stores is located for the remaining volume of sake sold at the store. (4) If two or more brewery retail stores, winery retail stores or distillery retail stores are located on the same production site, (a) the licensee for each store must own and operate their respective store which must be readily distinguishable from any other retail store located at the production site; and (b) sales from more than one store may not be conducted in the same location. (5) Despite subsection (3), a winery retail store may sell wine if it is sold as part of an approved souvenir or gift package, as described in subsection (6). (6) An approved souvenir or gift package means a souvenir or gift package that is approved by the Registrar, and may include Ontario wine manufactured by other manufacturers of Ontario wine in addition to wine manufactured by the licensee. (7) The licensee may not sell products from the retail store other than liquor permitted to be sold under this section except as permitted by the Registrar. By-the-Glass Endorsements