Posts from the Vermont Category
FedEx begins shipping to Vermont
November 6th, 2006
From their wine landing page:
FedEx Express and FedEx Ground expands wine shipping services to accept legal wine shipments to consumers into, out of, and within Vermont. The effective date is November 1, 2006. For those shipping wine to VT consumers, please note changes on State Pairing Guide.
Vermont’s consumer direct legislation actually went into effect in May of this year, but this is the first time that a carrier has been approved to ship into Vermont. Licensed wineries can now officially begin shipping. The application requirements and license restrictions are spelled out pretty clearly in Vermont’s instructions on the permit application. In a nutshell, the permit costs $300, there are sales tax, excise tax, and reporting requirements, and a twelve case per calendar year per customer volume limit applies.
Vermont opens for direct wine shipment
May 13th, 2006
We love to see a purple state turn blue! Vermont officially moved from a prohibited state to a limited direct state on Thursday when Governor Jim Douglas signed into law S.58. In-state and out-of-state wineries can now apply for a $300 direct shipping license and ship up to 12 cases annually to Vermont consumers. Wineries will be required to file direct shipping, excise, and sales tax reports regularly.
The bill also establishes a $200 self-distribution license for in-state and out-of-state wineries. This establishes a means for wineries to “sell up to 2,000 gallons of vinous beverages a year directly to first or second class licensees” provided the winery ships “no more than 40 gallons of vinous beverages per month to any single first or second-class licensee.”
We’ll post more details as they become available…
