Legal Terms and Conditions

The information below covers our Web site and private email newsletter, and our ordering, shipping, and warranty policies. By using our Web site, receiving and reading our newsletter, and doing business with Echelonwines, Inc., you accept and agree to these terms and conditions. If you have any questions, please contact us.

Ordering, Delivery, and Age Verification

Echelonwines, Inc. is a licensed distributor of wine in the State of California. We accept orders by phone, fax, and email, and fullfill all orders on a first-come, first-serve basis. We make every attempt to fill all orders within our available quantities.

Please note that all wines are sold in California, and title passes to you in California. Echelonwines makes no representation as to your legal rights to ship or import wines into any other state, and you are solely responsible for shipment. By placing an order with us, you authorize us to act on your behalf to engage a common carrier to deliver your order to you.

You must be at least 21 years of age or older to purchase wine from us. By placing an order with Echelonwines, whether from our private newsletter, on our Web site, on third-party Web sites on which we have a storefront, and by phone, fax, and email you hereby certify that you and the recipient of the wine are at least 21 years old. When the wine is delivered, the recipient will be required to show identification proving that he or she is at least 21 years old. The willful misrepresentation of your age or the age of the recipient is a crime in most states, and if it appears to us or to the authorities that you have done so, we will cooperate with the authorities to prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law.

Prices and Payment

All wine prices in our private email newsletter and on this Web site are net with no additional discount offered, and prices are subject to change without prior notice. If prices do change, prior sales will not be adjusted.

We accept VISA, MasterCard, and American Express, and require payment prior to shipping. We typically bill your credit card upon confirming your order.

Shipping and Insurance

We inspect every bottle carefully before packing it, and ship all wine in special boxes designed to protect glass bottles. We use UPS and FedEx for shipping all orders, and will send your wine via ground or air service per your preference. If you provide your own UPS or FedEx account number, we'll use your account instead of ours. We also allow clients to pick up their orders at our office by scheduled appointment.

We require clients to purchase shipping insurance for all orders greater than $200.00 in value. If you decline to purchase this insurance coverage, you accept all responsibility for any damage that your order incurs in transit.

Sales Warranty

Echelonwines warranties that all wines we sell will be as described, in terms of winery name and vintage year only. We do not warranty the contents or critics' descriptions of any bottles that we sell. As wine ages and is transported from winery to warehouse, it may undergo changes that are beyond our control.

Web Site and Newsletter Terms

Echelonwines ("we") provides this Web site, our private email newsletter, and their respective contents to our Web site visitors and clients ("you") on an "as is" basis and makes no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to them. We disclaim all such representations and warranties, including, for example, warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In addition, Echelonwines does not represent or warrant that the information accessible via this site or our private email newsletter is accurate, complete, or current. Pricing and availability information are subject to change without notice.

Except as specifically stated on this site and in our private email newsletter, neither Echelonwines nor any of its directors, employees, or other representatives will be liable for damages arising out of or in connection with the use of this site or our private email newsletter. This is a comprehensive limitation of liability that applies to all damages of any kind, including (without limitation) compensatory, direct, indirect or consequential damages, loss of data, income or profit, loss of or damage to property and claims of third parties.

Applicable Law

This site and our private email newsletter are created and controlled by Echelonwines, Inc. in the State of California, United States of America. As such, the laws of the State of California will govern these disclaimers, terms, and conditions, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws. We reserve the right to make changes to our site, our private email newsletter, and these disclaimers, terms, and conditions at any time.

How to contact us

We offer several ways to contact us if you have any questions about our Legal Terms and Conditions.