​Establishments holding Liquor by the Drink licenses may conduct tastings of alcoholic liquors (and wine containing over 16.5% alcohol) provided: 

• The establishment must have a permanent seating capacity of 50 persons or more; 
• Samples may not be offered from more than four products at any one time; 
• The sampling must be held in the bar area of a licensed establishment and all open bottles must be visible at all times. All open bottles must be removed at the conclusion of the tasting; 
• Samples must be less than one-half ounce for each product sampled; 
• A person may not be served more than one sample of each product; 
• A sampling may not be offered for more than four hours; 
• At least five days before the sampling, a letter detailing the specific date and hours of the sampling must be mailed first class to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division; 
• A sample must not be offered to, or allowed to be consumed by, an intoxicated person or a person under the age of 21 years; 
• A licensed establishment may not offer more than one sampling each day; and 
  
• The sampling must be conducted by the manufacturer or wholesaler or an agent of the manufacturer or wholesaler. SC Code Section ​61-6-1640​ ​​
  

Retail liquor stores​ may conduct tastings of wine over 16.5% by volume, cordials, and other distilled spirits provided: SC Code Section ​61-6-1640​ ​

• No sample may be offered from more than four products at a time; 
• The sample is limited to products from no more than one wholesaler at a time; 
• No more than one bottle of each of the four products to be sampled may be opened; 
• The sampling must be held in a designated tasting area of the retail liquor store and all open bottles must be visible at all times. All open bottles must be removed at the end of the tasting; 
  
• Samples must be less than one-half ounce for each product sampled; 
  
• No person may be served more than one sample of each product; 
• No sampling may be offered for more than four hours; 
• At least 10 days before the sampling, a letter detailing the specific date and hours of the sampling must be mailed first class to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. The letter must include a copy of a certificate of liability insurance for the manufacturer, the retail establishment, or its agent, conducting the tastings; 
• No sample may be offered to, or allowed to be consumed by, an intoxicated person or a person under the age of 21 years. This person must not be allowed to loiter on the store premises; 
• The tastings must be conducted by the manufacturer or an agent of the manufacturer or retailer, and must not be conducted by a wholesaler, an employee of a wholesaler, or any agent of a wholesaler. 
• No retail alcoholic liquor store may offer more than one sampling per day. 
• All product samples used for tasting must be purchased by the retailer from a South Carolina Licensed Wholesaler. 
• All associated costs for the tasting must be by the manufacturer, the retailer, or agent conducting the tastings. 
• Mixers, which must be nonalcoholic and carry zero percent of alcohol by weight, may be provided in conjunction with the tasting, but the mixers must be provided free of charge. 
• Store mixers used, but not sold, in conjunction with tastings.
  

A holder of a valid Liquor Micro Distillery license or Liquor Manufacturer license issued by the SCDOR may permit tastings and retail sales of the alcoholic liquors produced at the licensed premises subject to the following limitations: 

1. Tastings by and sales to consumers must be held in conjunction with a tour by the consumer of the on-site licensed premises and the micro-distillery or manufacturer may charge an amount in its discretion for the tour. The amount consumers are charged must be on a scale that accords with the amount of alcoholic liquors for on-premises consumption that is dispensed to consumers. 
2. The micro-distillery or manufacturer shall establish appropriate protocols to ensure that a consumer sold or served alcoholic liquors pursuant to this section is not under twenty-one years of age and that a consumer shall not attend more than one tasting a day; 
3. The amount charged by the micro-distillery and manufacturer for tours must increase incrementally and accord with the amount of alcoholic liquors provided for on-premises consumption by one-half ounce, beginning with a base tour price corresponding with the provision of one ounce of alcoholic liquor 
4. The micro-distillery or manufacturer may not dispense more than three ounces four and one-half ounces to an individual consumer in one day; 
5. Tastings and sales may occur only between the hours of 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday; 
6. The micro-distillery or manufacturer may not charge for alcoholic liquors consumed at a tasting 
7. The micro-distillery or manufacturer may provide mixers, which must be nonalcoholic and carry zero percent of alcohol by weight, in conjunction with the tasting, but the micro-distillery or manufacturer may not charge for the mixers. 
8. Only brands of alcoholic liquors actually manufactured, distilled or fermented at and distributed to wholesalers from the licensed premises may be sold or offered for tasting 
9. A micro-distillery or manufacturer licensed pursuant to SC Code Section 61-6-1155 (adding a restaurant) must comply with the discount pricing provisions of SC Code Section 61-6-4550, as applicable, and may not dispense alcoholic liquors for free at a tasting. 
10. *Tastings must not be conducted in the same room where goods, wares, or merchandise promoting the brand or brands of alcoholic liquors produced at that location are sold; 
11. *Store mixers used, but not sold, in conjunction with tastings 
12. *Not allow minors into the portion of the facility where tastings are occurring, unless accompanied by an adult. 

*10, 11, and 12 do not apply to those businesses that hold a liquor by the drink license (PLB) 

SC Code Sections 61-6-1140 and 61-6-1150​