Instructional Tasting Licenses

Effective January 1, 2011, off-sale retail licenses will be able to apply for a type 86 Instructional Tasitng License from the California Alcoholic Beverage Commission.  This will allow the instructional tasting of alcoholic beverages by certain suppliers on premises.  The tastings will still need to be conducted by a qualified supplier in a manner similar to those presently permitted for consumer instruction.  More information can be found about these licenses in the recent ABC advisory.  http://www.abc.ca.gov/trade/Advisory-Type%2086.pdf