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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57397</law_id><section_number>4.1-221.1</section_number><catch_line>Limitation of tasting licenses</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="4.1">Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Alcoholic Beverage Control Act</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Administration of Licenses</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Licenses Granted by Board; Limitations; Revocation and Suspension</unit></structure><text>
						<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 &#xA7;&#xA0;<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 &#xA7;&#xA0;<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></text><history>1996, cc. 584, 596; 2006, c. 826; 2019, cc. 37, 178; 2020, cc. 1113, 1114, 1177.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
