Section 16.07 - Wine Sampling(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.Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 16.07
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 998, Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/1997.