Sure, but which industry specifically? Spirits makers would benefit. Who loses? Those who are hellbent on only every using malt to produce these kinds of beverage?
VA has quite a few distilleries you can visit. You can purchase bottles at these distilleries but the distillery is acting as an agent for the state. Bottles are sold at the same price state stores sell them at, the distillery deposits all sales in a state bank account each night and the distillery is later paid by the state their negotiated wholesale price.