Sec. 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.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 998, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.