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Article: Lawmakers want to amend wine tasting law
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- November 9, 2009
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AUGUSTA - State lawmakers are hoping to fix a 2-month-old law
that was supposed to help Maine's boutique beer and liquor stores
but which instead has left some shops complaining of a regulatory
hangover.
Earlier this year, legislators passed a bill authorizing stores
that stocked a large variety of beer or liquor to stage up to a
dozen taste testings a year. The idea was to give purveyors of
specialty brews and spirits the same marketing tool that has helped
Maine wine shops draw additional customers who like to try before
they buy.
But a last-minute amendment that aimed to prevent children from
having to watch adults sipping beer or bourbon in the middle of the
supermarket - or in the aisle ...