Section 04.09.490 - Package store sampling endorsement(a) A package store sampling endorsement authorizes the holder of a package store license to offer for consumption on the licensed premises at no charge a small sample of an alcoholic beverage from its inventory during the package store's stated hours of business, but not between the hours of midnight and 8:00 a.m.(b) The biennial fee for a package store sampling endorsement is $200.(c) Only the license holder or an agent or employee of the license holder may serve a sample.(d) The holder of a package store sampling endorsement may serve a total volume of samples to a person on a licensed premises each day that does not exceed (1) 12 ounces of beer or mead or cider, if the mead or cider contains less than 8.5 percent alcohol by volume;(2) six ounces of wine, sake, or mead or cider, if the mead or cider contains 8.5 percent or more alcohol by volume;(3) 1.5 ounces of distilled spirits; or(4) the alcoholic equivalent of (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection.(e) The holder of a package store sampling endorsement may not publicly advertise, including through printed news, radio, or television, sampling activities conducted under the endorsement. However, the holder of a package store sampling endorsement may notify existing customers of sampling activities, including by electronic means.(f) A person who offers a sample of an alcoholic beverage for consumption on the licensed premises of a package store without an endorsement under this section commits the offense of unendorsed package store sampling.(g) Unendorsed package store sampling is a violation and is punishable by a fine of $500.(h) The holder of a package store sampling endorsement who fails to comply with the requirements of (a) and (c) - (e) of this section commits the offense of failure to comply with the terms of a package store sampling endorsement.(i) Failure to comply with the terms of a package store sampling endorsement is a violation.Added by SLA 2022, ch. 8,sec. 13, eff. 1/1/2024.