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.

[PL 1997, c. 373, §124 (AMD).]

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 1402

  • Bureau: means the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2
  • certificate of approval holder: means an in-state manufacturer of malt liquor or wine licensed under section 1355?A or an out-of-state manufacturer of or out-of-state wholesaler of malt liquor or wine that has been issued a certificate of approval under section 1361. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 1401-A
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Licensee: includes , but is not limited to, agency liquor stores and certificate of approval holders. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2
  • Liquor: means spirits, wine, malt liquor or hard cider, or any substance containing liquor, intended for human consumption, that contains more than 1/2 of 1% of alcohol by volume. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2
  • Malt liquor: means liquor:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2
  • Minor: means a person who has not reached the age of 21 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2
  • On-premises retail licensee: means a person licensed to sell liquor to be consumed on the premises where sold. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, firm, association or other legal entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2
  • Premises: includes the place where an incorporated civic organization sells or serves spirits, wine and malt liquor under a license obtained under section 1071. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2
  • retail licensee: means a person licensed by the bureau to engage in the purchase and resale of liquor in the original container or by the drink for on-premises or off-premises consumption. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2
  • Wholesale licensee: means a person licensed by the bureau under section 1401 as an in-state wholesaler. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2
  • Wine: includes , but is not limited to, hard cider, wine coolers, table wine, still wine, sparkling wine, champagne and fortified wine that do not contain more than 24% alcohol by volume. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2
    • 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-premises retail licensee for the purpose of inviting retail licensees to taste test wine or malt liquor products.

    [PL 2021, c. 658, §236 (AMD).]

    3. Conditions on taste-testing events. The following conditions apply to all taste-testing events under this section.
    A. The wholesale licensee or a certificate of approval holder may provide the products for taste-testing events only if all taxes required by this Title have been paid. [PL 2021, c. 658, §237 (AMD).]
    B. Taste-testing events must be conducted only within the special designated area or room. [PL 2021, c. 658, §237 (AMD).]
    C. Taste-testing events must be open only to invited retail licensees or their authorized agents and not to their family members, guests or the public. [PL 2021, c. 658, §237 (AMD).]
    D. After the taste-testing event is concluded, the wholesale licensee shall remove all products supplied for the taste-testing event from the retail licensee’s premises. [PL 2021, c. 658, §237 (AMD).]
    E. Malt liquor or wine products may not be served to a person who is a minor or who is visibly intoxicated. [PL 2021, c. 658, §237 (NEW).]

    [PL 2021, c. 658, §237 (AMD).]

    SECTION HISTORY

    PL 1987, c. 45, §A4 (NEW). PL 1987, c. 342, §110 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 373, §124 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. XXXX, §4 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. XXXX, §13 (AFF). PL 2021, c. 658, §§236, 237 (AMD).
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