Terms of Service

1. Who we are

The Vine-Letter is a weekly email newsletter curating wine offers from United Kingdom merchants, published by The Vine Letter, United Kingdom ("we", "us"). You can contact us at hello@thevineletter.co.uk.

2. The service

Subscribers receive a weekly email, ordinarily on Thursday mornings, featuring wine offers we have selected from UK merchants. The newsletter is editorial in nature: we do not sell wine, hold stock, or process wine orders. All purchases are made directly with the relevant merchant, on that merchant's own terms.

3. Independence — no commission

We take no commission, affiliate fees, or payment of any kind from merchants featured in the letter. Selections are made on value and quality alone. Links in the newsletter go directly to the merchant's own website.

4. Prices and accuracy

Prices and savings shown are checked against the merchant's own published prices at the time each issue is prepared. Merchants change prices and availability without notice, and offers may end at any time. Always confirm the price on the merchant's site before buying. We are not responsible for pricing errors on merchant websites or for offers that have expired.

5. Subscription and billing

• The subscription costs £2.50 a month for the United Kingdom edition, $2.50 for the United States, HK$25 for Hong Kong, A$5 for Australia and R20 for South Africa, billed monthly in advance by card via our payment processor, Stripe. Subscribers who joined at £1 a month stay at £1 a month.
• Wine Watcher Basic (one watched wine) and My Cellar are included in the subscription. Wine Watcher Plus (up to 4 wines) and Premium (up to 10 wines) cost extra each month, at the prices shown on our website for your edition (in the United Kingdom, £1 and £2 a month), and are added to the same bill.
• Your subscription renews automatically each month until cancelled.
• You may cancel at any time via the "Manage subscription" link in any issue or by contacting us. Cancellation stops future billing; no further issues are sent after the current billing period ends.
• As the service is a periodical delivered by email, each issue is supplied at the start of its billing period. Statutory rights under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 are unaffected; where a right to cancel within 14 days of first subscribing applies, we will refund the first month if you have not yet received an issue.

6. Referral scheme

• Each subscriber has a personal referral link. When someone subscribes through your link and remains a paying subscriber, you earn three months' subscription credit.
• If five or more people you referred hold active paid subscriptions at the same time, your own subscription is free for as long as that remains true, checked on a rolling basis.
• Credits have no cash value, are non-transferable, and apply only to The Vine-Letter subscription.
• We may withhold or reverse credits arising from self-referral, fraudulent signups, payment disputes, or other abuse of the scheme, and may amend or end the scheme prospectively at any time. Credits already earned will be honoured.

7. Age and responsible drinking

The Vine-Letter is intended for adults aged 18 and over. By subscribing you confirm you are at least 18 years old. Merchants will apply their own age verification at purchase. Please drink responsibly — see drinkaware.co.uk.

8. Intellectual property

The content of each issue and of this website is ours (or our licensors'). You may forward issues personally and share your referral link, but may not republish the newsletter commercially without our permission.

9. Liability

We provide the newsletter with reasonable skill and care, but to the extent permitted by law we are not liable for losses arising from merchant pricing errors, expired offers, merchant conduct, or your purchases from merchants. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited.

10. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. Material changes will be notified in the newsletter or by email. Continued subscription after changes take effect constitutes acceptance.

11. Governing law

These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have jurisdiction.