Italia Living and Punzoné vodka present: the ‘Vivi Italiano! Bevi Italiano!’ (Live Italian, Drink Italian) contest: The search for the perfect Italian cocktail
In August, most of Italy goes on vacation, but not us! We are hard at work looking for the perfect homemade Italian inspired cocktail recipe and you can help. Enter the ‘Vivi Italiano! Bevi Italiano! Live Italian, Drink Italian’ contest sponsored by Italia Living and Punzoné and submit your creation. We believe that everything tastes better when it’s homemade, and even better when it’s Italian. You don’t have to be cliffside in Portofino to enjoy the pleasures of Italy. In fact, all you need is a glass and some imagination.
The Details:
Starting August 5th, submit your best homemade Italian themed/inspired cocktail. Entry will close after 12 days on August 17th, and recipes will be judged by a panel of Italia Living, Punzoné Vodka and industry mixologists. Three finalists will be selected and promoted starting August 25th. Each of the finalists’ recipes will be featured on the Italia Living and Punzoné Facebook social media pages from August 26th to August 28th. The recipe with the most combined number of ‘likes’ from 12:00:00 AM ET August 26th to August 28th 11:59:59 PM ET on our Facebook pages of Italia Living and Punzoné will be awarded first place, as well as second and third place. Winners will be contacted and be announced on August 29th via social media – just in time be inspired to drink Punzoné and try the recipes for yourself over the Labor Day holiday weekend!
Entries must contain:
- No more than 4 ingredients.
- All natural ingredients (no artificial sweeteners, etc).
- At least one fresh fruit or vegetable AND/OR one Italian grown or Italian inspired ingredient.
- Punzoné Vodka, Punzoné Lemoncino, or Punzoné Originale. No other vodka or vodka based substitutions will be allowed. Any entrees listing vodka only will be assumed to mean Punzoné Vodka.
- Cocktail name is optional.
How to enter:
Submit your recipe along with a photo/video (video can be provided via a link to YouTube) to the following:
- Send a private message to the Punzoné or Italia Living Facebook page, or send email to: contest@punzone.com
First place winner will receive:
- Cocktail and its creator will be featured online at Italia Living and on Punzoné.com
- Cocktail and its creator will be featured on Italia Living and on Punzoné’s social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube (if applicable).
- Cocktail will be featured on Punzoné Vodka’s exclusive cocktail recipe section.
- A $100 gift certificate to one of Punzoné’s preferred online retailers.
- A $100 gift certificate to Italia Living Featured Sponsor partner, Gagliardi Menswear.
- An Italia Living T-Shirt.
- A luxurious gift basket of Italian treats and Punzoné merchandise including a cocktail shaker signed by Punzoné’s Founder.
Second place winner will receive:
- Cocktail and its creator will be featured on Italia Living and on Punzoné’s social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube (if applicable).
- A $50 gift certificate to one of Punzoné’s preferred online retailers.
- A gift set from Italia Living Featured Sponsor Partner, Pellini Coffee. Includes 3 espresso cups and saucers and 2 tins of Pellini Top Ground coffee. (Value $60.)
- An Italia Living T-Shirt.
- A gift basket of Punzoné promotional items.
Third place winner will receive:
- Cocktail and its creator will be featured on Italia Living and on Punzoné’s social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube (if applicable).
- A gift certificate for $25 to one of Punzoné’s preferred online retailers.
Contest Terms and Conditions/Rules and Regulations
- This contest program (the “Program”) is organized by Punzoné, Inc. and Italia Living, LLC. Individual promotional entries will be termed “Program Entry”.
- This Program is available to all residents of the United States. Program is void wherever prohibited or restricted by law.
- Judges will include representatives from Punzoné Vodka, Italia Living and a Punzoné appointed professional mixologist.
- Drinks will be judged on creativity, originality, taste and/or technique.
- Three Program Entries will be selected by the judges. The final winner will be selected by the public via social media.
- All Program Entrants must:
- Be 21 years old to participate.
- Provide name and contact information upon request.
- Submit entry in English.
- Comply with terms and conditions.
- Comply with rules and regulations.
- Submit original cocktail recipe via email or Facebook private message. (Links above in “How to enter” section)
- Include a submission of a text written recipe, uploaded photograph of drink, ingredients, method, and/or glassware. File size to be no bigger than 10MB. Video may also be accepted (links to YouTube or video files are acceptable)
- Not be employed by a liquor company or distributor as a full time employee.
- Submit only one recipe. Multiple entries will result in disqualification.
- Provide a recipe with readily available ingredients. No un-replicable ingredients.
- Contest will commence on 12:00:00 am EST on August 5, 2014. Program Entries to be received no later than 11:59:59 EST p.m. on August 17, 2014.
- Punzoné Vodka and Italia Living reserve the right to ensure/modify/name cocktail and ingredients to comply with Marketing Code requirements.
- Punzoné Vodka and Italia Living reserve the right to feature the cocktail recipe in any/all owned properties for 10 years – through August 2024.
- Punzoné Vodka and Italia Living reserve the right that the cocktail itself, if chosen as a finalist and or winner becomes property of Punzone Vodka.
- Punzoné Vodka and Italia Living reserve the rights to all photos/recipe submissions of the winner for 10 years.
- By entering this Program, Italia Living and Punzoné have explicit rights to use your photo/image of your cocktail, cocktail name, and your cocktail recipe for publicity purposes, including social media.
- Entry in the Program constitutes an entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to abide by and accept the terms and conditions of these Official Rules. Prize is non-transferable. All federal, state and local taxes on the prize are winner’s sole responsibility. By accepting the prize, winner waives the right to assert as a cost of winning said prize, any and all costs of redemption or travel to redeem said prize and any and all liability that might arise from redeeming or seeking said prize. Winner also accepts sole responsibility for any miscellaneous costs relating to acceptance of prize. NOTE: Finalists prizes will be awarded and provided to winners via email or shipped individually.
- Program Entry must be original, or violate the rights of other parties, including any intellectual property, trade secret or other proprietary right of any other parties. Program Entry may not be offensive, defamatory, discriminatory, obscene, libelous, reflect poorly on the brands or be inappropriate for use in advertising or for promotional publicity purposes as determined by the Italia Living and/or Punzoné in their sole discretion.
- All materials, documents, information and data submitted in connection with this program, including the Program Entry and submission (collectively “Program Entry”) are the property of Punzoné Vodka, will not be returned and cannot be acknowledged. By entering the Program, entrants represent and warrant that their Program Entry is their sole, original work and that it does not infringe upon the rights of any other party, including but not limited to any intellectual property, trade secret or other proprietary rights of any other party. By submitting a Program Entry, entrant further represents and warrants that any person(s) referenced has given his or her express written consent to the reference and use as contemplated by these Official Rules and that entrant has obtained written permission for such use from any such person. Submission of an entry grants Italia Living and Punzone Vodka Inc. the right to use, publish, adapt, edit and/or modify Program Entry in any way, in whole or in part, and to use such Program Entry, and any ideas or concepts contained therein, in commerce and in any and all media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide, including but not limited to the Italia Living website, without limitation or compensation to the entrant and without right of notice, review or approval of any such use of the Program Entry. Any content, material or information included in Program Entry shall not be confidential, proprietary or trade secret. By submitting a Program Entry, entrant consents Italia Living and Punzoné’s use, reproduction and disclosure of the Program Entry, and ideas, concepts or other materials contained therein, for any purpose, including any commercial purpose. Any Program Entry that contains third party artistic works, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, logos or similar brand identifying marks, trade secrets or other proprietary rights will not constitute a valid Program Entry.´
- Entrants hereby agree to indemnify and hold Punzoné and Italia Living harmless from and against any third party claims, actions or proceedings of any kind and from any and all damages, liabilities, costs and expenses, including attorney fees and court costs, arising out of any breach or alleged breach of any of the warranties and representations set forth above.
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