Terms and Conditions

These terms and conditions together with any additional terms and conditions applicable to the ConnoisseurMagazine Website , (together the “Terms”) govern how you may access, browse and use the Connoisseur-magazine.com website. (Henceforth known as the Website”).

By: (a) accessing, browsing or otherwise using the Website by any means and via whatever device; or (b) registering your details with us to access certain areas of the site , you agree to be bound by the Terms and Conditions that follow.

1. About Connoisseur magazine and our business.
The Site is operated by or on behalf of Connoisseur Publishing Limited (“we” or “our”). We are a company registered in England and Wales with the company registration number 05073183. Our registered office address is 72 New Bond St. , London W1S1RR and our VAT number is 888357067.

2. Changes to these Terms
We reserve the right to change these Terms and Conditions at anytime and it is incumbent on you to revisit and familiarize yourself with these Terms periodically to ensure that you are at all times fully aware of them. Any changes are effective immediately upon posting to the Site. Your continued use of the Website constitutes your acceptance and agreement to all such Terms.

3. Registration
Access to some areas of the Site is restricted to users who have registered their details with us.

4. Use of the Connoisseur Magazine Web Site
4.1. For the purposes of these Terms:
“Content” includes, but is not limited to, all or part of any text, graphics, layout, logos, images, audio material, films or other moving images, product details and/or software published or otherwise available on the Site from time to time (including, without limitation, anything made available for download); and “Trade Marks” means the trade marks, logos and service marks (whether or not registered) displayed on the ConnoisseurMagazine Website.

4.2. We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in theWebsite, the Content and the Trade Marks. Subject to these Terms, You are granted a temporary, but revocable, and non-exclusive licence to access, browse and use the Website (including the Content and Trade Marks) for your personal and non commercial use only.

4.3. While accessing, browsing and/or using the Webite it is incumbent on you to:

4.3.1. comply with all applicable laws, regulations and codes;

4.3.2. not impersonate any other person or to use a false name, false Blogger identity or email address;

4.3.3. not deep-link to and/or frame or use framing techniques to enclose the Site or any part of the Site without our prior written consent;

4.3.4. not modify or attempt to modify all or any part of the Content or the Site;

4.3.5. not gain or attempt to gain unauthorised access to the WebSite, the server on which the Site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to the Site;

4.3.6. not post, transmit, submit, refer to, make available or link to or from (or authorise or permit any other person to do the same) any material which:

a) is untrue, fraudulent, inaccurate or incomplete; and/or

b) is obscene, threatening, menacing, offensive, defamatory, abusive, causes annoyance, inconvenience, is in breach of confidence, in breach of any intellectual property right (including, without limitation, copyright) or otherwise is in breach of or violates any applicable law or regulation or code, and/or

c) constitutes advertising (unless approved or otherwise authorised by us); and/or

e) contains any virus or other harmful code, or which may otherwise impair or harm the Site or our computer systems or any third party computer system, and we shall have sole discretion as to whether any material is in breach of this clause.

4.4. Except as set out in the limited licence in section 4.2 above (or as required under any applicable law), the Content, Trade Marks and/or any other part of the Site may not be used, reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, accessed, modified, or otherwise exploited, in full or in part, for any purpose without our prior written consent.

In particular, You are not permitted to copy or republish any part of the Site Content including graphics or texts ) on another website, in any other medium (print, electronic ) or as part of any commercial service without our prior written permission. If you require any further information on permitted use, or a licence to republish any part of the Site (or any Content), please email us at editor@connoisseurmagazine.co.uk, or contact us by telephone on +44 07767387844.

We reserve the right at any time and without giving advance notice, to permanently or temporarily and for any reason:

4.5.1. terminate, suspend or deny your access to the Webite (whether in whole or in part); and/or

4.5.2. remove or edit any Content on the Webite at any time, and in such circumstances all liability of Connoisseur Publishing Ltd, its directors, employees or other representatives for any loss whatsoever arising from our removing or editing Content and/or your limited use of or inability to use the Site (either in whole or in part), , insofar as it is possible to do so in law.

5. Material that you submit to the Site
5.1. Where the facility is made available to you on the Website, you may send material (including, without limitation, text, photographs or other images, audio material, films or other moving images) to us for publication on various areas of the Webite. When you send any materials to us for publication on the Webite, you do so in accordance with the following terms:

5.1.1. you grant us a royalty free, worldwide, perpetual and non-exclusive licence to use, copy, distribute, publish, syndicate, sub-license and transmit the whole or any part of such material (including without limitation any of the information, details, ideas, concepts and/or formats contained within it) in any manner and in any format and/or media (including, without limit, archiving and making such material available on the Site);

5.1.2. publication of any material you submit to us will be at our sole discretion and we reserve the right to edit or otherwise amend such materials prior to publication;

5.1.3. you agree that Connoisseur Publishing Ltd. (May at our discretion) disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any material sent by you to the Webite is defamatory, in breach of confidence, in breach of any intellectual property right (including, without limitation, copyright), in breach of any of the warranties set out in sections 5.1.4 or 5.1.5 below or otherwise is in breach of or violates any applicable law or regulation or code;

5.1.4. you warrant to us that any material you submit to us is your own original work and that you own the copyright and any other relevant rights;

5.1.5. you warrant that the material you submit is not: obscene, threatening, menacing, offensive, defamatory, abusive, likely to cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety, in breach of confidence, in breach of any intellectual property right (including, without limitation, copyright) or otherwise in breach of or violates any applicable law or regulation or code; and

5.1.6. you acknowledge that any breach of the warranties set out in sections 5.1.4 or 5.1.5 above may cause us damage or loss and you agree to indemnify us in full and permanently on demand against any third party liabilities, claims, costs, loss or damage we incur as a result of publishing material you submit to us, including consequential losses.

5.1.7. you waive any moral rights in all material you submit

5.2. Whilst you acknowledge that we do not necessarily examine and vet any or all material that you have submitted to the Webite, we reserve the right to remove, at any time and without reason or prior notice or any liability to you, any material that you have submitted.

6. Data Protection and Privacy
Full details of the way in which we use cookies on the Connoisseur Magazine WebSite and how we hold and process information from which we can identify you or any third party are set out in our Privacy and Cookie Policy.

7. E-commerce
7.1. Most of the online sales and other e-commerce services available via the Webite are provided either by us as an agent for third party suppliers or directly by third parties via websites that are framed on the Site. For some goods and services however, we act as principal meaning that the resulting legal contract for the goods or services in question will be made directly between you and us.This applies to Connoisseur Magazine Periodical subscriptions , the Connoisseur Magazine range of Wine storage solutions and Furniture,Kitchenware and any other Consumer products(Wine or Gastronomic) be they consumables or durables,. that we might from time to time offer.

Where and whenevcer we act as principal, specific terms and conditions will apply to any resulting online sales and these will be drawn to your attention before the sale is complete.

8. Returns and refunds

It is a strict Policy of Connoisseur Publishing Ltd. that A Return or Refund policy will be made available to You as the customer, prior to the purchase or sale of any products.

Where we act as agent for third party suppliers or where we frame third party websites, the following applies:

9.1.1. the contract for the goods or services in question will be made directly between you and the relevant supplier. In most cases this will mean that there will be separate terms and conditions governing the contract. Please make sure that you have read the relevant supplier’s terms and conditions before completing your transaction. You can obtain a copy of the relevant supplier’s terms and conditions by contacting the supplier directly; and

9.1.2. We have no contractual liability to you in respect of the goods or services provided by any third party supplier. We may, however, still be liable to you if we have been negligent, or if we have misrepresented important factual information that goes to the heart of the contract , or if we have been in breach of any other relevant law.

10. E-Commerce and Third party links
The Site contains hypertext links to third party websites. We are not responsible for, nor do we endorse in any way such third party websites or their content. If you decide to access any of the third party websites linked to the Site, you do so entirely at your own risk.

11. Marketing , Advertising and Sponsorship
11.1. Parts of the Site contain commercial advertising and sponsorship. Advertisers and sponsors are responsible for ensuring that material submitted for inclusion on the Site complies with all legal and regulatory requirements and does not contain any material which is objectionable including, without limit, information which is defamatory, obscene, threatening or untrue. Connoisseur Publishing Ltd. Is not responsible for any such material or any error or inaccuracy contained in such material and any issues which you may have should be raised directly with the relevant advertiser or sponsor.

12. Promotions, competitions and prize draws
We may from time to time run competitions, free prize draws and/or other promotions on the Website. Any such competitions, prize draws and/or other promotions will be subject to additional terms and conditions that will be advised or made clear.

13. Exclusions and limitations of liability

The information and/or data on the Connoisseur Magazine Webite is provided for your general information and use only , and is not intended for trading purposes or to address your particular financial or other requirements. In particular, the information and/or data on the Site does not constitute any form of advice (investment, tax, legal or otherwise); nor does it constitute any inducement, invitation or recommendation relating to any of the products listed or referred and is not intended to be relied upon by you in making (or refraining to make) any specific investment or other financial or business or commercial decision..

.14. Indemnity
You will indemnify and will keep indemnified Connoisseur Publishing Ltd. and its data providers and affiliates on demand against all claims, costs, proceedings, demands, losses, damages, expenses (including legal expenses) or liability whatsoever arising directly or indirectly as a result of:

14.1. any breach of these Terms by you; or

14.2. your fault, negligence or breach of statutory duty; or

14.3. your unauthorized or malicious use of software robots, spiders, crawlers, or similar data gathering and extraction tools, or any other action you take that imposes an unreasonable burden or load on the Connoisseur Magazine Website infrastructure (whether owned by, leased or licensed to us) or that of any of our Suppliers.

15. General
15.1. Any contractual or legal relationship between you and Connoisseur Publishing Ltd. will be concluded in English.

15.2. All notices shall be given by e-mail to us at enquiries@connoisseur-magazine.com or, to you at either the e-mail or postal address you provide during the registration process (if any). Notice will be deemed received 48 hours after the e-mail is sent, or 5 days after the date of posting.

15.3. These Terms (together with any variations to them pursuant to section 2) form the entire agreement between the parties concerning your access to, browsing and/or use of the Connoisseur Magazine Website and supersede all prior agreements, arrangements, understandings and representations made between us (whether written or oral) concerning the Site.

15.4. The licence granted in section 4.2 above is personal to you and may not be assigned, transferred or sub-licensed (in whole or in part) without our prior written consent.

15.5. Nothing in these Terms is intended to or shall operate to create a partnership or joint venture of any kind between us or to authorise either of us to act as agent for the other, and neither of us shall have authority to act in the name or on behalf of or otherwise to bind the other in any way (including but not limited to the making of any representation or warranty, the assumption of any obligation or liability and the exercise of any right or power).

15.6. No waiver by Connoisseur Publishing .Ltd of any breach of these Terms shall constitute a waiver of any other prior or subsequent breach and Connoisseur Publishing Ltd. shall not be affected by any delay, failure or omission to enforce or express forbearance granted in respect of any of your obligations.

15.7. The rights and remedies of Connoisseur Publishing Ltd under these Terms are independent, cumulative and without prejudice to its rights under the law.

15.8. These Terms are not intended to create and shall not create any rights, entitlements, claims or benefits enforceable by any third party by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.

15.9. These Terms and/or your use of the Connoisseur magazine Website (owned and operated by Connoisseur Publishing Ltd.)shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom Courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute which may arise.