§ 3-7-4.1 - Holders of retail Class A licenses permitted to conduct wine and beer samplings inside licensed premises.
SECTION 3-7-4.1
§ 3-7-4.1 Holders of retail Class Alicenses permitted to conduct wine and beer samplings inside licensed premises.– Any holder of a Class A retail license shall be permitted to conduct at nocharge to the consumer, inside the premises of the licensee, sample tastings ofwine (under 13% alcohol by volume) and beer (under 5.5% alcohol by volume)available for purchase from the licensee's outlet. These samples shall notexceed one ounce servings of each wine, the number of wines being limited to nomore than four (4) products at any one tasting and one ounce serving of eachbeer with the number of beer samplings being limited to two (2) products at anyone tasting. Furthermore, wine and beer samplings may not be conductedsimultaneously on the same Class A licensed premise. Each consumer shall belimited to no more than one sample tasting of each product.
It shall be required that the licensee provide, at no chargeto the consumer, food samplings to be included with the tasting of all wine andbeer. Those food samplings not consumed during the tasting shall not thereafterbe offered for sale.
The licensee shall control, without wholesaler or supplierparticipation, the dispensing of all samples to prospective customers. Thelicensee may not hold more than ten (10) tasting events in any thirty (30) dayperiod. It shall be required that the licensee provide to the dispenser(s) ofsaid wine and beer samples, training in the service of alcoholic beverages by arecognized training provider of alcoholic beverage service.
Sampling events may not be promoted except on the licensedpremises. It shall be unlawful for any wholesaler, manufacturer, supplier orany other person or entity to participate or provide anything or any service ofvalue on account of or in conjunction with any such sampling. It shall beunlawful for any tasting or combination of tastings to exceed more than four(4) hours from start to finish and must be conducted during the normal hours ofbusiness.