Maryland Statutes
Part II - Festival, Sampling, and Tasting Licenses
Section 21-1305 - Wine Festival License

(a)    (1)    There is a wine festival license.
        (2)    The Board may issue one wine festival license each year.
    (b)    The Board may issue the license to:
        (1)    a holder of a retail license, Class 3 winery license, or Class 4 limited winery license; or
        (2)    a person that is eligible to hold a Class C multiple day or multiple event license.
    (c)    The license authorizes the holder to display and sell wine that is:
        (1)    manufactured and processed in any state; and
        (2)    distributed in the State when the license application is filed.
    (d)    A license holder shall display and sell wine:
        (1)    at retail for on– and off–premises consumption; and
        (2)    during the hours and days designated for the wine festival.
    (e)    The Board shall:
        (1)    hold a hearing on each license application; and
        (2)    publish notice of a license application hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county one time at least 7 days before the hearing.
    (f)    (1)    Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, each year the Board shall choose 1 or 2 days for the wine festival.
        (2)    The Board shall choose a location that is not already licensed.
        (3)    A day chosen for the wine festival may not:
            (i)    be a Sunday; or
            (ii)    fall on the same weekend as the Maryland Wine Festival in Carroll County.
    (g)    Notwithstanding subsection (f)(3)(i) of this section, a holder of a wine festival license issued for use in a location where Sunday sales are allowed may make Sunday sales beginning at 10 a.m.
    (h)    Wine displayed and sold shall be:
        (1)    invoiced to the license holder by a wholesaler, Class 3 winery, or Class 4 limited winery; and
        (2)    delivered to the wine festival from the licensed premises of the wholesaler, Class 3 winery, or Class 4 limited winery.
    (i)    A holder of a State wholesale, Class 3 winery, or Class 4 limited winery license may enter into an agreement with the license holder to:
        (1)    deliver wine not earlier than 2 days before the effective date of the license; and
        (2)    accept returns not later than 5 days after the expiration date of the license.
    (j)    The Board shall establish the license fee.
    (k)    The Board shall adopt regulations to carry out this section.