Maryland Alcoholic Beverages Section 8-408.1

      (a)      (1)      In Howard County, the Board of License Commissioners may issue a wine tasting (WT) alcoholic beverages license.

            (2)      The WT license authorizes the on-premises consumption of wine, containing not more than 14% of alcohol by volume, for tasting or sampling only.

            (3)      Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the license may be issued to holders of a Class A beer, wine and liquor (BWL) license or a Class A beer and wine (BW) license.

            (4)      The licensee may not serve more than 1 ounce from each given brand to any one person and no more than 4 ounces to any one person in a single day.

            (5)      The annual license fee for the WT license shall be $100 in addition to the fee of any other alcoholic beverages license.

      (b)      The Howard County Board of License Commissioners may adopt rules or regulations providing additional requirements to implement this section.