LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD

Special Order

Through Special Order (SO), the PLCB does everything it can to obtain the wines and spirits customers seek. There are thousands of products suppliers have opted to make available through SO, and many suppliers make certain wines and spirits available only to licensees through SO.

Obtaining Special Order items

Licensees can obtain Special Order items two ways:

  1. Ordering directly through FWGS.com; and
  2. Approving supplier-entered orders through the Licensee Online Order Portal (LOOP).

Licensee-only Special Order items are not featured at FWGS.com, but suppliers’ sales representatives can make that information available to licensees, who would then need to register for the Special Order Program in LOOP in order to approve and authorize payment for orders entered by suppliers.

Each Special Order must be paid for in full when the order is shipped. Suppliers must ship SO orders within 30 days of the date the supplier processes the order, but they often ship shortly after an order is placed. The licensee is notified through automated emails with updates as Special Orders are processed, and when each order is available for pickup.

Questions? Contact the Special Order division.

Note

As a licensee, if you can’t find a product in your local store, explore the product catalogs at FWGS.com to see if the product is available through our e-commerce store or the SO process.