Laws pretaining to wine tastings

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I recently became aware that this differs in different states, as Bucko points out. For example, I know that in NY, you cannot have a wine tasting at a wine shop unless an employee of the wine that you are tasting is present (I believe this is right; Foodie, correct me if I'm wrong).

I visited a wine shop in Boston this past weekend, and they told me they were having a tasting soon. I asked how this was possible, knowing what I did in NY, and they told me that it's entirely legal in MA.

What was interesting is that MA law permits them to have "nosings," but not tastings, of spirts. Said shop recently hosted a "cognac nosing" where patrons could sniff, but not swallow, the cognac! Kind of like Bill Clinton and pot-- [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img]

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