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SCS/HB 101 - This act allows any winery, distiller, manufacturer, wholesaler or brewer to provide tasting samples on a licensed retail premises so long as the sample provider has certain permits, permission from the retailer and no money is given to the retailers for the tasting. The samples may be dispensed by an employee of the sample provider or a sampling service. The sampling service employees must complete a server training program approved by the Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control. Any remaining samples after the tasting must be returned to the retailer, winery, distiller, manufacturer, wholesaler or brewer. In addition, this act creates a special liquor license for wine shops to allow them to serve alcohol on Sundays from 9 a.m. to midnight. A wine shop is defined by the act as an establishment that serves wine by the drink out of dispensing accessories. There is a $200 fee for the special license. This act contains a provision identical to SB 287 (2011), and is similar to SB 160 (2011), SB 967 (2010), HCS/SB 795 (2010), HB 1367 (2010), SB 451 (2009), HB 1011 (2009), and HB 81 (2007). MEGHAN LUECKE
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