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Tasting licenses for mixed beverages shall be issued only for events to be held in localities that do not prohibit the sale of mixed beverages pursuant to \u00a7 4.1-124. No license shall be issued to any person to whom issuance of a retail license is prohibited. No more than 12 tasting licenses annually shall be issued to any person. The provisions of this section shall not apply to tastings conducted pursuant to \u00a7 4.1-201.1.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":210333,"text":"Single samples of alcoholic beverages given or sold by a licensee shall not exceed four ounces of beer, two ounces of wine, or one-half ounce of spirits, unless served as a mixed beverage, in which case a single sample of spirits may contain up to one and one-half ounces of spirits; and no more than 12 ounces of beer, five ounces of wine, or three ounces of spirits shall be offered to any person per day. Tasting licenses for mixed beverages shall be issued only for events to be held in localities that do not prohibit the sale of mixed beverages pursuant to \u00a7 4.1-124. No license shall be issued to any person to whom issuance of a retail license is prohibited. No more than 12 tasting licenses annually shall be issued to any person. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0584\">584<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0596\">596<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2006, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?061+ful+CHAP0826\">826<\/a>; in 2019, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0037\">37<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0178\">178<\/a>; in 2020, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1113\">1113<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1114\">1114<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1177\">1177<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":70468,"section_number":"4.1-124","catch_line":"Referendum on the sale of mixed beverages","order_by":null,"url":"\/4.1-124\/"},{"id":54841,"section_number":"4.1-201.1","catch_line":"Conduct not prohibited by this subtitle; tastings conducted by manufacturers, wine or beer wholesalers, and authorized representatives","order_by":null,"url":"\/4.1-201.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":218929,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57397,"identifier":"4.1-221.1","token":"4.1\/I\/2\/2\/4.1-221.1","url":"\/4.1-221.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/4.1-221.1\/","token":"4.1\/I\/2\/2\/4.1-221.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Limitation of tasting licenses","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 4.1-221.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Single samples of <span class=\"dictionary\">alcoholic beverages<\/span> given or sold by a <span class=\"dictionary\">licensee<\/span> shall not exceed four ounces of <span class=\"dictionary\">beer<\/span>, two ounces of <span class=\"dictionary\">wine<\/span>, or one-half ounce of <span class=\"dictionary\">spirits<\/span>, unless served as a <span class=\"dictionary\">mixed beverage<\/span>, in which case a single sample of <span class=\"dictionary\">spirits<\/span> may contain up to one and one-half ounces of <span class=\"dictionary\">spirits<\/span>; and no more than 12 ounces of <span class=\"dictionary\">beer<\/span>, five ounces of <span class=\"dictionary\">wine<\/span>, or three ounces of <span class=\"dictionary\">spirits<\/span> shall be offered to any person per day. Tasting licenses for <span class=\"dictionary\">mixed beverages<\/span> shall be issued only for events to be held in localities that do not prohibit the <span class=\"dictionary\">sale<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">mixed beverages<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Referendum on the sale of mixed beverages\" href=\"\/4.1-124\/\">4.1-124<\/a>. No license shall be issued to any person to whom issuance of a retail license is prohibited. No more than 12 tasting licenses annually shall be issued to any person. The provisions of this section shall not apply to tastings conducted pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Conduct not prohibited by this subtitle; tastings conducted by manufacturers, wine or beer wholesalers, and authorized representatives\" href=\"\/4.1-201.1\/\">4.1-201.1<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIMITATION OF TASTING LICENSES (\u00a7 4.1-221.1)\n\nSingle samples of alcoholic beverages given or sold by a licensee shall not\nexceed four ounces of beer, two ounces of wine, or one-half ounce of spirits,\nunless served as a mixed beverage, in which case a single sample of spirits may\ncontain up to one and one-half ounces of spirits; and no more than 12 ounces of\nbeer, five ounces of wine, or three ounces of spirits shall be offered to any\nperson per day. Tasting licenses for mixed beverages shall be issued only for\nevents to be held in localities that do not prohibit the sale of mixed beverages\npursuant to \u00a7 4.1-124. No license shall be issued to any person to whom\nissuance of a retail license is prohibited. No more than 12 tasting licenses\nannually shall be issued to any person. The provisions of this section shall not\napply to tastings conducted pursuant to \u00a7 4.1-201.1.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, cc. 584, 596; 2006, c. 826; 2019, cc. 37, 178; 2020, cc. 1113,\n1114, 1177.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}