alcohol religion
Religious exemption from alcohol monopolies
<p>Do any of the areas that have <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_monopoly" rel="nofollow">government imposed alcohol monopolies</a> (e.g. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Liquor_Control_Board" rel="nofollow">Pennsylvania</a>, 
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquor_Distribution_Branch" rel="nofollow">British Columbia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manitoba_Liquor_Control_Commission" rel="nofollow">Manitoba</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Scotia_Liquor_Corporation" rel="nofollow">Nova Scotia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquor_Control_Board_of_Ontario" rel="nofollow">Ontario</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_des_alcools_du_Qu%C3%A9bec" rel="nofollow">Quebec</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%BAsdrekkas%C3%B8la_Landsins" rel="nofollow">The Faroe Islands</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alko" rel="nofollow">Finland</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinmonopolet" rel="nofollow">Norway</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systembolaget" rel="nofollow">Sweden</a>, etc.) provide exemptions for religious use? </p>

<p><strong>UPDATE</strong> I have also heard of places in which there is a defacto "exemption" in which everyone seems to assume it "has always been there" for churches and synagogues. I have also come across situations in which churches and synagogues are allowed to purchase (such as from a State Store) for (resale to) their congregants for "sacramental use". You would have to ask in each individual jurisdiction (at a church or synagogue) what the rules are in that jurisdiction.</p>

<p><strong>Original answer</strong></p>

<p>When I visited Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, there was a religious exemption for sale of wine for "sacramental purposes" as long as the store was connected to a synagogue or church.</p>

<p>Thanks to @MonicaCellio for the reference to <a href="http://www.pacode.com/secure/data/040/chapter11/subchapCtoc.html" rel="nofollow">SACRAMENTAL WINE LICENSEES</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>§ 11.82. Sale and delivery.</p>
  
  <p>(a)  Sales of sacramental wine may be made only to an ordained
  priest, clergyman or rabbi in charge of a congregation, for use in the
  cathedral, church, synagogue or temple.</p>
  
  <p>(b)  Sales of sacramental wine may be made only to an ordained
  priest, clergyman or rabbi in charge of a congregation, for the uses
  of sustaining members of the congregation or members of the faith who
  attend religious services where religious rites require the use of
  sacramental wine in the home.</p>
  
  <p>(c)  The priest, clergyman or rabbi purchasing the wine shall furnish
  to the licensee the name and address of the member or family and the
  quantity of wine to be delivered. A sale or delivery may not occur
  until the names and addresses have been certified to the licensee.</p>
  
  <p>(d)  The sales are limited to 40 liters annually per family.</p>
  
  <p>(e)  Deliveries shall be made by the licensee, directly to the home
  address, as certified by the purchasing priest, clergyman or rabbi.</p>
  
  <p>Source</p>
  
  <p>The provisions of this §  11.82 adopted October 10, 1952; amended
  September 29, 1978, effective September 30, 1978, 8 Pa.B. 2689.
  Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (4213).</p>
</blockquote>

<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_laws_of_the_United_States" rel="nofollow">Alcohol laws of the United States</a> discusses exemptions for underag drinking for religious purposes.</p>

<p><a href="http://religionrogue.blogspot.com/2010/10/religion-and-prohibition.html" rel="nofollow">Religion and Prohibition</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>During Prohibition there were exemptions for sacramental wine and
  other religious uses of alcohol. The Eighteenth Amendment, which took
  effect in 1920, doesn't say anything about those exemptions. It just
  says that the manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating
  liquors within the United States is banned. It was federal legislation
  that exempted religious uses from the laws.</p>
</blockquote>
