40 Pa. Code § 13.27 - Board participation in wine events
(a) Section 215(e) of the Liquor Code
(47
P. S. §
2-215(e))
authorizes the Board to sponsor or participate in wine events. A "wine event"
is a show, demonstration, exposition or festival that has a purpose of
educating consumers about wine that is available in this
Commonwealth.
(b) Persons seeking
Board sponsorship or participation in a wine event shall submit a request in
writing to the Board at least 60 days prior to the first day of the wine
event.
(c) If the Board decides to
sponsor or participate in the wine event, it will issue a letter of authority
to the event organizer. The Board's letter will describe the premises upon
which the wine event will be held.
(d) If the Board decides not to sponsor or
participate in the wine event, the Board's decision is final, and may not be
appealed.
(e) Wine to be used in a
wine event that the Board sponsors or participates in may be acquired and
possessed in accordance with the following:
(1) Wine donated for the wine event may be
shipped directly to the wine event organizer or its agents.
(2) Records showing the amount, types and
brands of all wine received, the identity of the donors and the dates received
and documents evidencing payment of all necessary taxes shall be forwarded to
the Board prior to the wine event.
(3) Wine obtained for the wine event that is
not used at the wine event shall be returned to the donor, donated to a
nonprofit, charitable organization registered with the Department of State or
destroyed and may not be sold.
(4)
Wine may also be obtained for the wine event through the Board's wine and
spirits stores.
(f) The
Board's letter of authority authorizes the wine event organizer or its agents
to possess and transport wine for the wine event.
(g) Participation in the wine event,
including the service and consumption of wine, may be conditioned on the
purchase of a ticket to the wine event. The wine event organizer, its agents or
the Board may sell tickets. Sale of tickets by the wine event organizer or its
agents does not constitute the unlawful sale of alcohol.
(h) The wine event organizer shall appoint a
manager who shall be present on the premises at all times during the wine
event.
(i) The Board may sell wine
for off-premises consumption in an area it designates at the wine event. The
Board shall comply with the provisions of the Liquor Code governing retail
sales at Wine and Spirits Stores, except that advance advertisement or notice
posting by the Board of the location of the designated sales area is not
required and provisions granting a right of protest will not be
applicable.
(j) If the premises
where the wine event is to occur is licensed by the Board, the licensee will
not be cited under the Liquor Code for conduct occurring on the licensed
premises during the wine event, so long as the licensee, its employees or
agents are not directly involved in the violation and are not participating in
the operation or management of the wine event.
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