2013 New York Consolidated Laws
ABC - Alcoholic Beverage Control
Article 6 - (75 - 85) SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO WINE
80 - Wine tasting.

 
    § 80. Wine  tasting.  1.  Except  as  otherwise  provided  for in this
  chapter, any person licensed to sell wine pursuant to this  article,  or
  section  sixty-three  or  section seventy-nine of this chapter, shall be
  permitted to conduct wine tastings only upon the licensed premises. Wine
  tastings which are conducted under the auspices of an official agent  of
  a  farm  winery, winery, wholesaler, or importer and where such agent is
  physically present at all times during the conduct of the tasting, then,
  in that event, any liability stemming from a right of  action  resulting
  from  a  wine  tasting  as authorized herein, and in accordance with the
  provisions of sections 11-100 and 11-101 of the general obligations law,
  shall accrue to the farm winery, winery, wholesaler, or importer.
    2. In addition to  such  other  wine  tastings  permitted  under  this
  chapter,  licensed  farm  wineries,  wineries,  and wine wholesalers may
  apply for a permit, pursuant  to  paragraph  k  of  subdivision  one  of
  section  ninety-nine-b  of  this chapter, to conduct wine tastings. Such
  permits shall be valid throughout the state and  may  be  issued  on  an
  annual basis or for individual events. Each such permit and the exercise
  of  the  privilege granted thereby shall be subject to such rules of the
  liquor authority as it deems necessary.