MN HF159

Minnesota producers, including brewers, wineries, farm wineries, distillers, and microdistillers, may sell or give liquor they produce to nonprofit organizations for tasting events and may provide personnel to assist.

Nonprofit organizations may conduct alcoholic beverage tastings of not more than four hours on premises they own, lease, or have donated to them, or on licensed on-sale premises, if holding a temporary on-sale license.

Net proceeds from tastings must be used only for the organization's primary nonprofit purpose or donated to another assisting nonprofit organization for its nonprofit purpose.

Wholesalers may sell or give wine or malt liquor to organizations for tastings and may provide personnel to assist, with delivery required directly to the tasting location.

The four-hour limitation does not apply to tastings at conventions of fine wine, malt liquor, and gourmet food exhibitors with at least 100 exhibitors occurring over not more than three days; effective date July 1, 2019.