Maine Revised Statutes

§1402. Taste testing of wine and malt liquor products

1. Taste testing on wholesale licensee's premises.  With the bureau's written permission, a wholesale licensee may designate a special area or room on the wholesale licensee's premises for the specific purpose of taste testing wine or malt liquor products.
[ 1997, c. 373, §124 (AMD) .]
2. Taste testing on retail licensee's premises.  With the bureau's written permission, a wholesale licensee may rent or lease an area or room from an on-premise retail licensee for the purpose of inviting retail licensees to taste test wine or malt liquor products.
[ 1997, c. 373, §124 (AMD) .]
3. Conditions on taste-testing activity.  The following conditions apply to all taste testings.
A. The wholesale licensee or a certificate of approval holder may provide the products for taste testing only if all taxes and premiums required by this Title have been paid. [1987, c. 45, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]
B. Taste-testing activity must be conducted only within the special designated area or room. [1987, c. 45, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]
C. Taste-testing activity must be open only to invited retail licensees or their authorized agents and not to their family members, guests or the general public. [1987, c. 45, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]
D. After the taste-testing activity is concluded, the wholesale licensee shall remove all products supplied for the taste-testing activity from the retail licensee's premises. [1987, c. 45, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]
[ 1987, c. 45, Pt. A, §4 (NEW) .]
SECTION HISTORY
1987, c. 45, §A4 (NEW). 1987, c. 342, §110 (AMD). 1997, c. 373, §124 (AMD).

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