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California Code, Business and Professions Code - BPC § 23363.1

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A distilled spirits manufacturer's license or a craft distiller's license authorizes the licensee to conduct tastings of distilled spirits produced or bottled by, or produced or bottled for, the licensee, on or off the licensee's premises.

(b)(1) Distilled spirits tastings may be conducted by the licensee off the licensee's premises only for an event sponsored by a nonprofit organization.  A distilled spirits manufacturer shall not sell or solicit sales of distilled spirits at an event.  The sponsoring organization shall first obtain a permit from the department.

(2) For purposes of this subdivision, “nonprofit organization” does not include any community college or other institution of higher learning, as defined in the Education Code, nor does it include any officially recognized club, fraternity, or sorority, whether or not that entity is located on or off the institution's campus.

(c) Tastings on the licensee's premises shall be subject to the following conditions:

(1) The total volume of tastings of distilled spirits shall not exceed one and one-half ounces per individual per day.

(2) Tastings shall only include the products that are authorized to be produced or bottled by or for the licensee.

(3) A person under 21 years of age shall not serve tastes of distilled spirits.

(d) Notwithstanding Section 25600, the licensee may provide distilled spirits without charge for any tastings conducted pursuant to this section.  The licensee may charge for tastings conducted by the licensee on its licensed premises.

(e) This section shall not relieve the holder of a craft distiller's license or a distilled spirits manufacturer's license of any civil or criminal liability arising out of a violation of Section 25602.

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