Website Terms of Use

Last Updated: 26 July 2026

1. Introduction and Acceptance of Terms

This website, located at www.berkshirevintners.com (the "Website"), is operated by Berkshire Vintners Limited ("we", "us", "our"). By accessing or using this Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use our Website.

2. Information About Us

Berkshire Vintners Limited is a company registered in England and Wales under company number 15526517. Our registered office is at Castle Hill House, 12 Castle Hill, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1PD. You can contact us by email at info@berkshirevintners.com or by telephone at +44 (0) 1753 980 305.

3. Access to the Website

Access to our Website is permitted on a temporary basis. We reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service we provide on our Website without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason our Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our Website.

4. Intellectual Property Rights

We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our Website, and in the material published on it, including but not limited to text, graphics, logos (including the "IN VINO VERITAS" mark), images, and software. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved. You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our Website for your personal use. You must not use any part of the content on our Website for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us.

5. Prohibited Uses

You may use our Website only for lawful purposes. You may not use our Website:

• In any way that breaches any applicable local, national, or international law or regulation.
• To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material.
• To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware, or any other harmful programs.
• To attempt to gain unauthorised access to our Website, the server on which our Website is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to our Website.

6. User-Generated Content and Reviews

If you post reviews or other content on the Website, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, and fully sub-licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, and display such content throughout the world in any media. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you post and that the content is accurate. We have the right to remove any posting you make on our Website if, in our opinion, your post does not comply with our content standards.

7. Links to Other Websites

Where our Website contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

8. Limitation of Liability

The material displayed on our Website is provided without any guarantees, conditions, or warranties as to its accuracy. To the extent permitted by law, we hereby expressly exclude all conditions, warranties, and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law, or the law of equity. We shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, or consequential loss or damage incurred by any user in connection with our Website or in connection with the use, inability to use, or results of the use of our Website.

9. Governing Law

These Terms of Use and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, a visit to our Website.

10. Changes to the Terms

We may revise these Terms of Use at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we made, as they are binding on you.

11. Contact Information

To contact us, please email info@berkshirevintners.com.

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Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 26 July 2026

1. Introduction

Berkshire Vintners Limited ("we", "us", "our") is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.

2. Data We Collect

We may collect and process the following data about you:

• Identity Data: Name, date of birth (for age verification).
• Contact Data: Billing address, delivery address, email address, and telephone numbers.
• Financial Data: Payment card details (processed securely by our payment service providers).
• Transaction Data: Details about payments to and from you and other details of products you have purchased from us.
• Technical Data: IP address, login data, browser type and version, and operating system.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use information held about you in the following ways:

• To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us (e.g., fulfilling orders).
• To verify your age to ensure compliance with laws regarding the sale of alcohol.
• To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you, where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes.
• To notify you about changes to our service.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your data under the following legal bases:

• Contractual Necessity: To fulfill your order.
• Legal Obligation: To verify your age for alcohol sales.
• Consent: For marketing communications.
• Legitimate Interests: To improve our website and services.

5. Data Sharing

We may share your personal information with:

• Service Providers: Such as IT and system administration services, payment processors, and delivery couriers.
• Storage Partners: Specifically LCB Eton Park for the storage of investment wines.
• Regulators: And other authorities who require reporting of processing activities in certain circumstances.

6. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorised way. We limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know.

7. Your Rights

Under the UK GDPR, you have the right to:

• Request access to your personal data.
• Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you.
• Request erasure of your personal data.
• Object to processing of your personal data.
• Request restriction of processing of your personal data.
• Request the transfer of your personal data.
• Withdraw consent at any time.

8. Contact

Questions, comments, and requests regarding this privacy policy should be addressed to admin@berkshirevintners.com.

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Cookie Policy

Last Updated: 26 July 2026

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device by websites that you visit. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

2. How We Use Cookies

Our Website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our Website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Website and also allows us to improve our site.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

• Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are cookies that are required for the operation of our Website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our Website or use a shopping cart.
• Analytical/Performance Cookies: They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our Website when they are using it.
• Functionality Cookies: These are used to recognise you when you return to our Website. This enables us to personalise our content for you and remember your preferences.
• Targeting Cookies: These cookies record your visit to our Website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our Website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.

4. Managing Cookies

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our Website.

5. Third-Party Cookies

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.