(1) Per
RCW
66.24.371, a beer and/or wine specialty store
license allows a licensee to sell beer and/or wine for off-premises
consumption.
(2) The annual fee for
this license is one hundred dollars.
(3) Qualifications for license - To obtain
and maintain a beer and/or wine specialty store license, the premises must be
stocked with an inventory of beer and/or wine in excess of three thousand
dollars wholesale value. This inventory must be:
(a) Stocked within the confines of the
licensed premises; and
(b)
Maintained on the premises at all times the premises is licensed, with the
exception of beginning and closing inventory for seasonal operations or when
the inventory is being sold out immediately prior to discontinuing or selling
the business.
(4)
Qualifications to sample - A beer and/or wine specialty store licensee may
allow customers to sample beer and wine for the purpose of sales promotion, if
the primary business is the sale of beer and/or wine at retail, and the
licensee meets the requirements outlined in either (a) or (b) of this
subsection:
(a) A licensee's gross retail
sales of alcohol exceeds fifty percent of all annual gross sales for the entire
business; or
(b) The licensed
premises is a beer and/or wine specialty store that conducts bona fide cooking
classes for the purpose of pairing beer and/or wine with food, under the
following conditions:
(i) The licensee must
establish to the satisfaction of the board that the classes are bona fide
cooking courses. The licensee must charge participants a fee for the
course(s).
(ii) The sampling must
be limited to a clearly defined area of the premises. The licensee must provide
a sketch of the sampling area.
(iii) The licensee must receive prior
approval from the board's licensing and regulation division before conducting
sampling with cooking classes.
(iv)
Once approved for sampling, the licensee must provide the board's enforcement
and education division a list of all scheduled cooking classes during which
beer and/or wine samples will be served. The licensee must notify the board's
enforcement and education division at least forty-eight hours in advance if
classes are added.
(5) Licensees who qualify for sampling under
subsection (4) of this section may sample under the following conditions:
(a) Employees conducting sampling must hold a
class 12 alcohol server permit;
(b)
No more than a total of ten ounces of alcohol may be provided to a customer
during any one visit to the premises;
(c) Each sample must be two ounces or
less.
(6) A beer and/or
wine specialty store licensee may sell beer in kegs or other containers holding
at least four gallons of beer. See WAC
314-02-115 regarding keg
registration requirements.
(7) A
beer and/or wine specialty store licensee may receive an endorsement to permit
the sale of beer and cider as defined in
RCW
66.24.210(6) to a purchaser
in a sanitary container brought to the premises by the purchaser, or provided
by the licensee or manufacturer, and filled at the tap by the licensee at the
time of sale under the following conditions:
(a) The beer and/or wine specialty store
sales of alcohol must exceed fifty percent of their total sales;
(b) The board may waive the fifty percent
beer and/or wine sale criteria if the beer and/or wine specialty store
maintains a wholesale alcohol inventory that exceeds fifteen thousand
dollars.
Notes
Wash. Admin. Code
§
314-02-105
Amended by
WSR
15-01-001, Filed 12/3/2014, effective
1/3/2015
Amended by
WSR
17-12-030, Filed 5/31/2017, effective
7/1/2017
Statutory Authority:
RCW
66.24.371 and
66.08.030. 13-08-002, §
314-02-105, filed 3/20/13, effective 4/20/13. Statutory Authority:
RCW
66.08.030 and chapter 66.24 RCW. 11-23-045,
§ 314-02-105, filed 11/9/11, effective 12/10/11. Statutory Authority:
RCW
66.08.030 and
66.24.363. 11-01-133, §
314-02-105, filed 12/21/10, effective 1/21/11. Statutory Authority:
RCW
66.08.030 and
66.24.600. 10-01-091, §
314-02-105, filed 12/16/09, effective 1/16/10. Statutory Authority:
RCW
66.08.030,
66.24.371. 04-19-156, §
314-02-105, filed 9/22/04, effective 10/23/04; 04-07-020, § 314-02-105,
filed 3/8/04, effective 4/8/04. Statutory Authority:
RCW
66.08.030,
66.24.010,
66.24.120. 00-07-091, §
314-02-105, filed 3/15/00, effective
4/15/00.
