{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-alcoholic-beverage-code-16.07","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 16.07","heading":"WINE SAMPLING.","body":"(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.\n(b) A sampling event authorized by this section may not be advertised except by on-site communication or by direct mail.\n(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.\n(d) A person authorized to dispense wine under this section:\n(1) may serve a person more than one sample; and\n(2) may not serve a sample to a minor or to an obviously intoxicated person.\n(e) A person who receives a sample may not remove the sample from the permitted premises.\n(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:\n(1) not the holder of a permit authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption; and\n(2) not considered to have received any revenue from the on-premises sale of alcoholic beverages.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 998, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CODE","TITLE 3. LICENSES AND PERMITS","SUBTITLE A. PERMITS","CHAPTER 16. WINERY PERMIT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AL/htm/AL.16.htm#16.07","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:52Z","sha256":"e11e2a844ca414fa3cd36acc5ed6a68e163c23a15c53ab781d36af8c0d510f8d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-alcoholic-beverage-code-16.06","next":"us-tx/tex.-alcoholic-beverage-code-16.08"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}