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An Act To Allow Farm Wineries To Charge for Wine Tastings
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 28-A MRSA §1355, sub-§3, ¶B, as amended by PL 1993, c. 730, §46, is further amended to read:
 
B.  A holder of a farm winery license may serve complimentary samples of wine and sell, during regular business hours, wines produced at the winery by the bottle, by the case or in bulk on the premises of the winery to persons who are not minors. A holder of a farm winery license may serve complimentary samples of wine on Sunday after the hour of 12 noon and may sell wines on Sunday after the hour of 12 noon if the municipality in which the winery is located has authorized the sale of wines on Sunday for consumption off the premises under chapter 5. A farm winery may charge for samples of wine served under this paragraph.
 
SUMMARY
This bill permits farm wineries to charge for serving samples of wine.