Alcohol Tastings In Big-Box, Grocery Stores in Southern California City

December 9, 2011

There will soon be a booze-sipping grotto for grocery and big-box store shoppers in a Southern California city.

The Corona City Council voted 3-2 on Wednesday to allow free instructional alcohol tastings in the retail businesses.

Sam’s Club and Albertsons asked the city to allow alcohol tastings in their stores.

But strict rules mean it will be difficult to get a buzz.

The Riverside Press-Enterprise says there must be tasting areas that prohibit underage drinking.

And there are other restrictions: No more than three tastings per person per day of one-fourth of an ounce of alcohol, one ounce of wine and eight ounces of beer.

The state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control will issue instructional tasting licenses and a city planning official and police will review store applications.

Topics California

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  • December 12, 2011 at 6:50 pm
    Blue says:
    I'd be very happy to vote for free alcohol samples.
  • December 12, 2011 at 5:27 pm
    Dee says:
    mmm. Lets see now - 1/4 oz of booze + 1 oz of wine + 8 oz of beer -taken at three different intervals throughout the grocery shopping experience should make for an enjoyable s... read more
  • December 9, 2011 at 4:48 pm
    The Other Point of View says:
    Makes a lot more sense to me than allowing people to carry hand guns into bars like the law that was just passed in Ohio. What's wrong with a little nip in the grocery store? ... read more

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