CA AB1991

Authorizes licensed winegrowers, beer manufacturers, distilled spirits manufacturers, craft distillers, brandy manufacturers, rectifiers, and wine rectifiers to provide alcohol tastes as part of bona fide market research studies measuring consumer perceptions of sensory characteristics

Requires all persons administering or assisting with taste testing to be certified under the Responsible Beverage Service (RBS) training program and be over 21 years of age

Participants must be over 21 and encouraged to taste only enough product to formulate an opinion; compensation for participation must be monetary only (no other inducements)

Prohibits conducting taste tests at or near any location licensed by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, except on the manufacturer's own licensed premises

Bars use of taste testing data, analyses, or conclusions in any advertising or promotional activity