1. (a) “Available wines and spirits” means those wines and spirits listed by the commission and given a brand code for sale to licensees through the bailment warehouse.
2. (b) “Bailment warehouse” means the contracted bailment warehouse in New Hampshire holding inventory owned by the commission, liquor and wine representatives, vendors, or manufacturers.
3. (c) “Brand” means the assigned name to a product or group of products.
4. (d) “Brand code” means a number assigned by the commission to each size and brand of a product for identification purposes.
5. (e) “Class” means spirits, wines, and nonalcoholic products having common characteristics and which are grouped for statistical purposes.
6. (f) “Chairman” means the chairman of the commission.
7. (g) “Commission” means the New Hampshire liquor commission.
8. (h) “Commission warehouse” means the warehouse operated by the commission for holding and distributing products not held in the bailment warehouse.
9. (i) “Delist”” means that a spirit, wine, or nonalcoholic product will not be added to, or will be removed from, the commission’s list of products approved for sale in New Hampshire. The term includes “delisted.”
10. (j) “Dessert wine” means wine that has been fortified to an alcoholic content of over 15.5% by having brandy or spirits added.
11. (k) “Division” means the commission’s division of marketing, merchandising, and warehousing.
12. (l) “Fiscal month” means portion of each fiscal year consisting of either 5 or 4 fiscal weeks.
13. (m) “Fiscal week” means a 7-day accounting period used by the commission for accounting purposes.
14. (n) “Fiscal year” means the fiscal year of the state which commences on the first day of July and ends on the 30th day of June each year.
15. (o) “Gross profit” means the difference between sales and costs calculated in dollars.
16. (p) “Licensee” means the person to whom an on-premises, off-premises, agency, or other license to sell spirits or wines is issued by the commission.
17. (q) “Listed item” means spirits, wines, and nonalcoholic products approved pursuant to Liq 302 through Liq 304, as applicable, for sale in state liquor stores, from the commission warehouse, or from the bailment warehouse.
18. (r) “Liquor and wine representative” means “liquor and wine representative” as defined in RSA 175:1, XLIV.
19. (s) “Manufacturer” means a New Hampshire-based person or company that produces finished products from raw materials by using various tools, equipment, and processes, who then sells such products to the commission.
20. (t) “Nonalcoholic products” means any beverage containing less than 0.5 percent alcohol by volume, or spirit and wine related accessories.
21. (u) “Point of sale materials” means materials used for merchandizing a product by advertising a product within state liquor stores.
22. (v) “Primary source” means the domestic distiller, producer, owner of the commodity at the time it became a product, bottler, or the exclusive agent of any such domestic distiller, producer, owner of the commodity at the time it became a product, or bottler. In the case of products imported from outside the United States the primary source of supply means the foreign producer, owner, bottler, or agent or the primary importer or the exclusive agent in the United States or the foreign distiller, producer, or owner.
23. (w) “Proof unit” means ½ of one percent alcohol by volume at 68 degrees Fahrenheit.
24. (x) “Proprietary” means used, made, or marketed by one having the exclusive right.
25. (y) “Seasonal listing” means a limited number of spirits and wines in special packaging intended for sale during seasonal periods in state liquor stores and from warehouses.
26. (z) “Spirits” means a distilled and rectified alcoholic product.
27. (aa) “State liquor stores” means those retail stores operated by the commission for the sale of spirits, wine, and nonalcoholic products to consumers and licensees.
28. (ab) “Test market” means the sale of a spirit, wine, or nonalcoholic product for a period, and in a manner, specified by the commission consistent with these rules during which that product is marketed in state liquor stores to determine consumer acceptance and product profitability.
29. (ac) “Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB)” means the Alcohol and Tobacco, Tax and Trade Bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury.
30. (ad) “Vendor” means an individual or company that sells goods to the commission or a liquor and wine representative.
31. (ae) “Vermouth” means a wine-based product which has been mixed with herbs and has an alcohol content of greater than 15.5% by volume.
32. (af) “Vintage” means the year that wine grapes are harvested.
33. (ag) “Wine” means, collectively, “wine-domestic” as defined in RSA 175:1, LXVII, “wine-fortified” as defined in RSA 175:1, LXVIII, “wine-table” as defined in RSA 175:1, LXIX, and includes dessert wine and vermouth. Wine does not include beverages as defined in RSA 175:1, VIII.

Source. (See Revision Note #1 and Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Liq 300) #14018, eff 7-3-24