Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 16.07
This is the official text of Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 16.07, part of Texas’s Alcoholic Beverage Code — regulates the sale and distribution of alcohol.
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§ 16.07. WINE SAMPLING.
Official statutory text
(a) The holder of a winery permit may conduct wine samplings, including wine tastings, on the permitted premises. The holder of the permit may collect a fee for the wine sampling.
(b) A sampling event authorized by this section may not be advertised except by on-site communication or by direct mail.
(c) A person other than the holder of a permit or the holder's agent or employee may not dispense or participate in the dispensing of wine under this section.
(d) A person authorized to dispense wine under this section:
(1) may serve a person more than one sample; and
(2) may not serve a sample to a minor or to an obviously intoxicated person.
(e) A person who receives a sample may not remove the sample from the permitted premises.
(f) For the purposes of this code and any other law of this state or a political subdivision of this state, the holder of a permit, during the sampling of wine under this section, is:
(1) not the holder of a permit authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption; and
(2) not considered to have received any revenue from the on-premises sale of alcoholic beverages.
(b) A sampling event authorized by this section may not be advertised except by on-site communication or by direct mail.
(c) A person other than the holder of a permit or the holder's agent or employee may not dispense or participate in the dispensing of wine under this section.
(d) A person authorized to dispense wine under this section:
(1) may serve a person more than one sample; and
(2) may not serve a sample to a minor or to an obviously intoxicated person.
(e) A person who receives a sample may not remove the sample from the permitted premises.
(f) For the purposes of this code and any other law of this state or a political subdivision of this state, the holder of a permit, during the sampling of wine under this section, is:
(1) not the holder of a permit authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption; and
(2) not considered to have received any revenue from the on-premises sale of alcoholic beverages.
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