Frequently Asked Questions

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Do restaurants, hotels, function halls and package stores need to meet certain requirements while conducting wine tasting or malt beverages tasting?

Yes. Restaurants, hotels, and function halls holding wine tasting must provide food with the wines and they must not solicit orders for any off-premises consumption. The manager of the restaurant, hotel, or function hall is responsible for controlling the dispensing of the wines and the size of each serving is limited to one (1) ounce per serving.
Package stores may not charge for any wine-tasting and they must also limit the size of any serving of wine to one ounce. The wines tasted must also be available for sale on such premises.

For a malt beverages tasting, restaurants, hotels, and function halls must provide food with the malt beverages tasted and they must not solicit orders for any off-premises consumption. The manager of the restaurant, hotel, or function hall is responsible for controlling the dispensing of the malt beverages and the size of each serving is limited to two (2) ounces per serving.

Package stores may not charge for any tasting of malt beverages and they must also limit the size of any serving of a malt beverage to two (2) ounces. The malt beverages tasted must also be available for sale on such premises.