(a) An employee of the holder of a wine and malt beverage retailer’s off-premise permit may open, touch, or pour wine or malt beverages, make a presentation, or answer questions at a sampling event.
(b) For purposes of this code and any other law or ordinance:
(1) a wine and malt beverage retailer’s off-premise permit does not authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption; and
(2) none of the permit holder’s income may be considered to be income from the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption.

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Terms Used In Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code 26.08

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Malt beverage: means a fermented beverage of any name or description containing one-half of one percent or more of alcohol by volume, brewed or produced from malt, in whole or in part, or from any malt substitute. See Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code 1.04
  • Premises: has the meaning given it in § 11. See Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code 1.04

(c) Any wine or malt beverages used in a sampling event under this section must be purchased from or provided by the retailer on whose premises the sampling event is held. This section does not authorize the holder of a wine and malt beverage retailer’s off-premise permit to withdraw or purchase alcoholic beverages from the holder of a wholesaler’s permit or a distributor’s license or provide alcoholic beverages for a sampling on a retailer’s premises that is not purchased from the retailer. The amount of alcoholic beverages purchased from the retailer may not exceed the amount of alcoholic beverages used in the sampling event.