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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Special Session of the 118th

CHAPTER 414
S.P. 108 - L.D. 387

An Act to Amend the Laws Pertaining to Wine Tasting

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

     Sec. 1. 28-A MRSA §1205, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1995, c. 30, §4, is further amended to read:

     1. Taste testing on off-premise retail licensee's premises; fine wine stores. Subject to the conditions in subsection 2, the commission may authorize an off-premise retail licensee, 50% or more of whose gross income is derived from the sale of wine or, malt liquor or spirits, or a fine wine store to conduct taste testings of wine on that licensee's premises. Any other consumption of alcoholic beverages on an off-premise retail licensee's premises is prohibited.

     Sec. 2. 28-A MRSA §1205, sub-§2, ¶E, as amended by PL 1995, c. 30, §5, is further amended to read:

     Sec. 3. 28-A MRSA §1205, last ¶, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 30, §6, is amended to read:

     For the purposes of this section, "fine wine store" means a store that sells wine from at least 50% of the world's wine regions and carries at least 500 250 different wine labels.

Effective September 19, 1997, unless otherwise indicated.

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