§ 225 - Educational sampling event permit - Vermont Statutes

§ 225. Educational sampling event permit

(a) The liquor control board may grant an educational sampling event permit to a person to conduct an event that is open to the public and at which malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors or all three are served only for the purposes of marketing and educational sampling, provided the event is also approved by the local licensing authority. At least 15 days prior to the event, an applicant shall submit an application to the department in a form required by the department. The application shall include a list of the alcoholic beverages to be acquired for sampling at the event, and the application shall be accompanied by a fee in the amount required pursuant to section 231 of this title. No more than four educational sampling event permits shall be issued annually to the same person. An educational sampling event permit shall be valid for no more than four consecutive days. The permit holder shall assure all the following:

(1) Attendees at the educational sampling event shall be required to pay an entry fee of no less than $5.00.

(2) Beverages for sampling shall be offered in glasses that contain no more than two ounces of beverage.

(3) The event shall be conducted in compliance with all the requirements of this title.

(b) An educational sampling event permit holder:

(1) May receive shipments directly from a manufacturer, bottler, certificate of approval holder, wholesale dealer, or importer licensed in Vermont or that provides evidence of licensure in another state or foreign country satisfactory to the board.

(2) May transport malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors to the event site, and those beverages may be served at the event by the permit holder or the holder's employees, volunteers, or representatives of a manufacturer, bottler, or importer participating in the event, provided they meet the server age and training requirements under this chapter.

(3) [Deleted.]

(c) All the cases and bottles of alcoholic beverages to be served at the event shall be marked by the permit holder "For sampling only. Not for resale."

(d) Taxes for the alcoholic beverages served at the event shall be paid as follows:

(1) Malt beverages: $0.265 per gallon served.

(2) Vinous beverages: $0.55 per gallon served.

(3) Spirituous liquors: $19.80 per gallon served. (Amended 2001, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. June 21, 2002; 2005, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 9, 2006; 2007, No. 10, § 2, eff. April 26, 2007.)