Md. Code Ann., Alc. Bev. & Cannabis § 12-1305
Wine festival license
Effective Jul 1, 2024Added by Acts 2016, c. 41, § 2, eff. July 1, 2016. Amended by Acts 2024, c. 1015, § 1, eff. July 1, 2024; Acts 2024, c. 1016, § 1, eff. July 1, 2024.State of Maryland
(a)
- (1) There is a Baltimore Wine Festival (WF) license.
- (2) The Board may issue not more than four licenses each year.
- (b) The Board may issue the license to a holder of a retail license, Class 3 winery license, or Class 4 winery license.
- (c) The license authorizes the holder to display and sell wine.
(d) The 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 a wine festival.
(e) The Board:
- (1) may select four 4-day periods annually for the wine festival;
- (2) except as provided in item (3) of this subsection, shall choose a location for a festival for which a license has not been issued; and
- (3) may not issue a license for use in election district 46, except for the 1st precinct of the 22nd ward.
- (f) The license holder may hold another alcoholic beverages license of a different class or nature.
- (g) The Board shall set the license fee.
- (h) The Board shall adopt regulations to carry out this section.
Added by Acts 2016, c. 41, § 2, eff. July 1, 2016. Amended by Acts 2024, c. 1015, § 1, eff. July 1, 2024; Acts 2024, c. 1016, § 1, eff. July 1, 2024.