Terms of Use

LNJ GROUP LLC

TERMS OF USE

Dated June 1st, 2024

These Terms of Use (“Terms”) explain the contractual relationship between you and LNJ Group, LLC (“Company,” “us,” our” or “we”), regarding your use of, and access to, our website located at www.wneconnoisseur.com (the “Website”) and the products, services and offerings made available to you through the Website, including without limitation all features and functionality thereof and updates thereto and all Content made available through the Website (together with the Website, the “Services”). These Terms include our Privacy Policy, and together with the Privacy Policy govern your access to and use of the Services.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SERVICES, YOU ARE INDICATING THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, INCLUDING ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THESE TERMS, YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO USE THE SERVICES.

IMPORTANT: THESE TERMS CONTAIN PROVISIONS THAT GOVERN THE RESOLUTION OF CLAIMS BETWEEN YOU AND THE COMPANY, INCLUDING THE REQUIREMENT THAT YOU RESOLVE ANY DISPUTES YOU HAVE WITH US THROUGH FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION. PLEASE SEE THE DISPUTES CLAUSE IN SECTION 15 BELOW FOR MORE INFORMATION.

1. Sale of Alcoholic Beverages

You Must Be 21 Years or Older to Purchase Alcohol. We limit the use of the Services and the sale of any alcoholic beverages to individuals that are 21 years of age or older. By using and accessing the Services, you represent and warrant that you are 21 years of age or older.

Shipment of Alcohol to Persons 21 Yeast of Age or Older; Compliance with Applicable Laws. We make every effort to ensure that alcoholic beverages are not delivered to anyone under the age of 21. By using the Services and purchasing any alcoholic beverages made available through the Services, you represent and warrant that the person receiving shipment of the alcoholic beverages is 21 years of age or older. You further represent and warrant that your purchase of alcoholic beverages through the Services is compliant with your local and state laws regarding the purchase, transportation and delivery of alcohol.

Personal Use Only; Not for Resale. You further agree that any alcohol purchased from us is intended for personal consumption and not for resale.

Violations; Misrepresentation of Age. If you misrepresent your age or the age of any other individual, in order to purchase or provide alcohol to persons under 21 years of age, in addition to any other rights or remedies available to us under applicable law, we will cancel your purchase (no refund will be issued), terminate access to your account and to the Services, and report your activities to law enforcement.

2. Parental Controls

As required by the Communications Decency Act of 1996, we hereby notify you that parental control protections (such as computer hardware, software, or filtering services) are commercially available that may assist you in limiting access to the Services and content contained therein that may be harmful to minors. Among the many companies that provide Internet blocking and screening software are CyberPatrol, NetNanny, SurfWatch, and GuardOne. We do not sponsor or endorse any of these companies or services.

3. User Obligations

To use certain services (e.g., to make a purchase through the Website), you must register for and maintain an active personal user account and must be at least 21 years of age. Account registration requires you to provide us with your email address, password, name, address, mobile phone number, age, and other information. Your ability to use the Services requires that you maintain accurate, complete, and up-to-date information in your user account. You may not authorize another person to use your account, nor may you assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person. By registering for your account, you acknowledge that you are solely responsible for any activity that occurs on your account and for keeping your password and login credentials safe and secure. If you have any reason to believe that your password or other credentials have been used without your authorization, contact us immediately.

In using the Services, you agree that you will not:

impersonate any person or entity, falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity or provide inaccurate information;
purchase or ship alcoholic beverages to individuals under the age of 21 or otherwise in violation of your state and local laws and regulations applicable to the purchase, transportation and delivery of alcohol;
act in a deceptive or fraudulent manner, including without limitation by impersonating another person or user, accessing another user’s account, or falsely identifying yourself or impersonating another user
permit anyone to use or access the Services under your account
violate or attempt to violate the security of the Services;
violate any applicable international, federal, state or local laws, regulations, rules, ordinances, statutes, requirements, codes or orders of any governmental or judicial authorities;
include anything in content provided by you that is

threatening, deceptive, misleading, unlawful, harassing, discriminatory, libelous, defamatory, obscene; or otherwise offensive,
in violation of anyone’s right of privacy, publicity or other rights,
in violation of any contractual or fiduciary obligations, or
infringing on any intellectual property rights of any person.

reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the Services, or take any information of any other person from the Service.
Link to or mirror any portion of the Services
Cause or launch any programs or scripts for the purpose of scraping, indexing, surveying, or otherwise mining any portion of the Services
Unduly burden or interfere with the functionality of the Services
Remove, circumvent, disable, damage or otherwise interfere with security features of the Services

3. User Content

The Services may allow you to post or may gather from your text, photos, videos, emails, mobile phone numbers, workout information and other material (“User Content”). You are responsible for your User Content, including its accuracy, legality, reliability, and appropriateness.

By posting User Content on or through the Services, you represent and warrant that:

you own the User Content and have the right to use the User Content and the right to grant us the rights and license as provided in these Terms, and
the posting of User Content on or through the Services does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, contract rights, intellectual property rights or any other rights of any person.
the posting of User Content does not infringe any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights, or rights of publicity or privacy, or violates any law or regulation.
the User Content is not defamatory, constitutes trade libel or product disparagement, or is unlawfully threatening, harassing, or contains hate speech, is not obscene or contains pornography, or
does not contain and false, inaccurate, or misleading statements or information
does not contain any computer programming routines such as viruses, Trojan horses, time bombs, or other malicious code or programs that may damage or interfere with the operation of any system, or unlawfully intercept any data or personal information.

You understand and agree that we do not verify or vouch for any User Content and if we determine in our sole discretion that any User Content is inaccurate, was posted or uploaded without authorization, or otherwise does or may violate these Terms or applicable laws, we reserve the right, at any time, without prior notice and without limiting any and all other rights we may have, at law or in equity, to (a) modify, refuse, or remove the User Content; (b) revoke the applicable user's right to use the Services; and/or (c) use any technological, legal, operational, or other means available to us to enforce the provisions of these Terms, including, without limitation, blocking specific IP addresses or deactivating the applicable user's registration.

By posting User Content using the Services, you grant us the irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully-paid, worldwide right and license to use, copy, public perform, modify, reformat, translate, excerpt, display, reproduce, transmit and distribute User Content for any purpose on and in connection with the Services, including in promotions for the Services and other businesses with which we have a commercial relationship. This license includes the right for us to make User Content available to other users of the Services, who may also use User Content subject to these Terms.

5.Intellectual Property Rights/Ownership

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, you may access and use the Services on a computer, tablet device or mobile phone that you own or lawfully control. All materials contained on, in, or available through the Services, including all text, designs, trademarks, logos, audio clips, photographs, images, videos, graphics, data, information, source code, software compilations, and other materials, including the selection and arrangement thereof (“Content”) are protected by copyright, trademark, trade dress, patent and other intellectual property laws and may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part by you, unless as explicitly stated under these Terms. All copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade dress, patent and other intellectual property rights, and all derivative works thereof inherent in or appurtenant to the Content, whether registered or not, are our sole property or the property of our third-party contributors. The Content may also be protected as a collective work or compilation under U.S. copyright and other laws and treaties. You agree to abide by all applicable copyright and other laws. Unless expressly granted herein, all rights in and to the Content is reserved to us and our third-party contributors.

6.Disclaimer Regarding Content

WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS OR TIMELINESS OF ANY CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICES AND WE MAKE NO COMMITMENT TO UPDATE SUCH CONTENT. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL WE BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM YOUR RELIANCE ON SUCH CONTENT. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING ANY INFORMATION YOU RECORD IN THE SERVICES IS ACCURATE AND COMPLETE.

7. Limitations

You may not create, develop, license, install, use, or deploy any third-party software or services to circumvent, enable, modify or provide access, permissions or rights to work around any technical limitations in the Services. You may not copy (except as expressly permitted by these Terms) or publish the Services in whole or in part for others to copy, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, attempt to derive the source code of, or modify, or create derivative works of the Services, or any updates, or part thereof (except as and only to the extent any foregoing restriction is prohibited by applicable law or to the extent as may be permitted by the licensing terms governing use of any open source components included with the Website, if any). Any attempt to do so is a violation of our rights. If you breach this restriction, you may be subject to prosecution and damages. You may not use the Services in any manner not specifically authorized hereunder or in any way that is against any applicable laws or regulations.

8. Comments, Feedbacks and Suggestions

You acknowledge that any comments, feedback, suggestions, ideas, pictures, video etc. (collectively, “Feedback”) disclosed, submitted or offered to Company, shall remain the exclusive property of Company and may be used by Company in any medium and for any purpose without obtaining your specific consent. Company is not under any obligation to maintain your name or Feedback in confidence or to pay to you any compensation for any Feedback submitted, or to respond to any of your Feedback. You agree that you will be solely responsible for the content of any Feedback you make.

9. Changes; Service Updates and Limitations

The Services change frequently, and their form and functionality may change without prior written notice to you. We may provide updates (including automatic updates) for certain Services at our discretion, including without limitation upgrades, modifications, patches, error corrections and patches. Updates may also include removal or addition of certain features or functionalities of the Services. Certain portions may not operate properly if you do not install the Updates.

You acknowledge and agree that the Services may not operate properly if you do not install the Updates and you expressly consent to automatic Updates. You also agree that these Terms will apply to all Updates.

We have no obligation to provide Updates or to continue to provide or enable any particular features or functionality of any portion of the Services. We reserve the right to impose limits on certain Services or restrict your access to all or part of the Services without notice or liability.

10. Suspension; Termination

We may terminate your access to the Services, without notice, for conduct we believe violates these Terms, our policies, is harmful to our business interests, or for an inactive account.

We also reserve the right to suspend or cease providing the Services, with or without notice, and we shall have no liability or responsibility to you if we do so. This includes without limitation the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit User Content and Content and/or cancel orders in our sole discretion.

If your access to the Services is terminated, you will remain personally liable for any orders you placed or charges or other liabilities incurred by you prior to such termination.

11. Third Party Content

These Services may contain links to other websites and/or other third-party content. These links are provided solely for your convenience; we do not undertake any obligation to review or monitor any third-party websites linked from or to the Services and do not make any representations or warranties with respect to such third-party websites. If you decide to access a linked third-party website, you do so at your own risk. We shall not be responsible for any information, materials or services obtained on or from such other websites and will not be liable in any respect for any damages arising from your access of such websites. The inclusion of these links does not imply any endorsement, representation or warranty by us with respect to any such website or the content or services contained through such websites. You agree not to link any websites to the Services without our express prior written consent.

12. Returns.

Appliance Returns. To make a warranty claim, do not return the purchased system to the store. Please visit wcwine.com to process appliance returns. For faster service, locate the model, type and series number on your system to enter into the online return form. Returns must be made within fifteen (15) business days of purchase. Returns sent without first contacting us will not be accepted. For any returned items, you will not be refunded the original cost of shipping and you are responsible for the cost of the return shipping.

Wine Returns. By purchasing any of our products through our website located at www.wineconnoisseur.com, our mobile application or through one of our channel partners’ sites or services, you signify that you have read, understand and agree to the following return policy regarding our wine products. ALL SALES THROUGHOUT ANY METHOD OF PURCHASE ARE FINAL SALES. We DO NOT ACCEPT ANY RETURNS OR EXCHANGES, AND DO NOT PROVIDE ANY REFUNDS. THE MERCHANT/RETAILER THAT FULFILLS THE ORDER WILL DECIDE IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION WHETHER ANY REQUESTED RETURN OR EXCHANGE IS ACCEPTED OR NOT.

Merchant/retailers may consider returns or exchanges on a case by case basis if your product has been damaged during delivery through no fault of your own but only in the event that you reasonably document such damage and report such damage immediately upon receipt of the order, and in no case later than three (3) business days after receipt of your order. To request a return or exchange, please contact us at customerservice@wcwine.com. Our customer service team will provide you with the merchant/retailer contact information from which your product was delivered and allow you to communicate directly with the retailer. You must send a valid picture of the damaged product to the retailer and follow any additional instructions or requests from the retailer. If a return or exchange is granted, the retailer will refund a return or offer a product in exchange for the damaged product, at the retailer’s sole discretion.

NEITHER WINE CONNOISSEUR NOR WINE CONNOISSEUR’S CUSTOMERS GUARANTEE THAT ANY RETAILER WILL AGREE TO ACCEPT A RETURN OR EXCHANGE AND IN NO EVENT SHALL WINE CONNOISSEUR OR WINE CONNOISSER’S CUSTOMERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS.

13. LIMITED WARRANTY; DISCLAIMERS

Limited appliance warranty:

This warranty applies to the appliances purchased and used in the U.S. and Canada. This is the only express warranty for the appliance and is in lieu of any other warranty or condition. The appliance is warranted to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of one (1) year from the date of original purchase in Canada and one (1) year from the date of original purchase in the U.S. During this period, your exclusive remedy is repair or replacement of this product or any component found to be defective, at our option; however, you are responsible for all costs associated with returning the product to us and our returning a product or component under this warranty to you. If the product or component is no longer available, we will replace it with a similar one of equal or greater value.

This limited warranty does not cover glass, filters, wear from normal use, use not in conformity with the printed directions, or damage to the product resulting from accident, alteration, abuse or misuse. This limited warranty extends only to the original consumer purchaser or gift recipient. Keep the original sales receipt, as proof of purchase is required to make a warranty claim. This warranty is void if the product is used for other than single-family household use or subjected to any voltage and waveform other than as specified on the rating label (e.g., 120V ~ 60Hz).

WE EXCLUDE ALL CLAIMS FOR SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES CAUSED BY BREACH OF EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY. ALL LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT OF THE PURCHASE PRICE. ST

EXCEPT AS SET FORTH HEREIN, THE PRODUCTS AND THIS SERVICE ARE MADE AVAILABLE BY US “AS IS,” WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, TITLE, UNINTERRUPTED USE, ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY, ARE SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS. YOU ASSUME ALL RISK AS TO THE QUALITY, ACCURACY, SUITABILITY, AVAILABILITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SERVICES AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE SERVICES MAY BE CHANGED FROM TIME TO TIME IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION. WE DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE ERROR-FREE, OR THAT ANY DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS SERVICES OR ANY WEBSITE REFERRED OR LINKED TO HEREIN IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THESE TERMS MIGHT NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

14. Indemnification

By using the Services, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold us, our affiliates, partners, officers, members, directors and employees harmless from any and all claims, liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising in any way from your use of the Services including without limitation the creation, placement or transmission of any message, information, software or other materials through the Services by you or related to any violation of these Terms by you (collectively, “Indemnified Matters”). We shall control the defense of any Indemnified Matters through counsel of our choice.

15. Limitation Of Liability

IN NO EVENT WILL WE OR OUR AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS, LOST DATA, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR OTHER INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES OR CLAIMS (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, IN TORT, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICES, YOUR USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES, YOUR PURCHASE OF PRODUCTS THROUGH THE SERVICES (INCLUDING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES). OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY REASON IS LIMITED TO THE LESSER OR YOUR ACTUAL DAMAGES OR THE AMOUNTS, IF ANY, PAID BY YOU IN THE THREE (3) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE EVENT FIRST GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM. THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS WILL APPLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ANY REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.
APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH CASES, OUR LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

16. Arbitration

By agreeing to the Terms, you agree that you are required to resolve any claim that you may have against us on an individual basis in arbitration as set forth in this Section 15. This will preclude you from bringing any class, collective, or representative action against us, and also preclude you from participating in or recovering relief under any current or future class, collective, consolidated, or representative action brought against us by someone else.

You and Company agree that any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to (a) these Terms or the existence, breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation or validity thereof, or (b) your access to or use of the Services at any time, whether before or after the date you agreed to the Terms, will be settled by binding arbitration between you and Company, and not in a court of law. Such arbitration shall take place in the County of New York, State of New York unless otherwise agreed.

You acknowledge and agree that you and Company are each waiving the right to a trial by jury or to participate as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class action or representative proceeding. Unless both you and Company otherwise agree in writing, any arbitration will be conducted only on an individual basis and not in a class, collective, consolidated, or representative proceeding.

The arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") in accordance with the AAA’s Consumer Arbitration Rules and the Supplementary Procedures for Consumer Related Disputes (the "AAA Rules") then in effect. The parties agree that the arbitrator ("Arbitrator"), and not any federal, state, or local court or agency, shall have exclusive authority to resolve any disputes relating to the interpretation, applicability, enforceability or formation of these Terms, including any claim that all or any part of this Section is void or voidable. Notwithstanding any choice of law or other provision in the Terms, the parties agree and acknowledge that this Arbitration Agreement evidences a transaction involving interstate commerce and that the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. ("FAA"), will govern its interpretation and enforcement and proceedings pursuant thereto. It is the intent of the parties that the FAA and AAA Rules shall preempt all state laws to the fullest extent permitted by law. If the FAA and AAA Rules are found to not apply to any issue that arises under this Arbitration Agreement or the enforcement thereof, then that issue shall be resolved under the laws of the state of New York.

The Arbitrator will render an award within the time frame specified in the AAA Rules. Judgment on the arbitration award may be entered in any court having competent jurisdiction to do so. The Arbitrator may award declaratory or injunctive relief only in favor of the claimant and only to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by the claimant's individual claim. An Arbitrator’s decision shall be final and binding on all parties.

17. U.S. Jurisdiction

The Services are controlled and operated by us from the United States and are not intended to subject Company or its affiliates to the laws or jurisdiction of any state, country or territory other than that of the United States. We do not represent or warrant that the Services or any part thereof are appropriate or available for use in any jurisdiction other than the United States.

18. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the federal and state courts located in the State of New York, New York County for any action arising out of or relating to these Terms.

19. Entire Agreement

These Terms and the Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between you and us with respect to the use of the Services, and supersede all discussions, communications, conversations and agreements concerning the subject matter hereof.

20. Assignment

You shall not transfer, assign, sublicense nor pledge in any manner whatsoever, any of your rights or obligations under these Terms. We may transfer, assign, sublicense or pledge in any manner whatsoever, any of our rights and obligations under these Terms to a subsidiary, affiliate, or successor thereof or to any third party whatsoever, without notifying you or receiving your consent.

21. Amendment to Terms

We may update or amend these Terms from time to time. Amendments shall be effective upon posting on the Website. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these Terms. Your continued access and use of the Services following such posting constitutes your consent to be bound by any amended Terms.

22. ACTIONS INDICATING LEGALLY - BINDING AGREEMENT

You acknowledge and agree that by clicking on the button labeled “PURCHASE,” “SUBMIT”, “PLACE MY ORDER”, “I ACCEPT”, “I AGREE”, “ENTER” or such similar links that indicate your assent by consent as may be designated by Company to accept these Terms, you are submitting a legally binding electronic signature and are entering into a legally binding contract. You acknowledge that your electronic submissions constitute your agreement and intent to be bound by these Terms. In addition, you hereby waive any rights or requirements under any statutes, regulations, rules, ordinances or other laws in any jurisdiction which require an original signature or delivery or retention of non-electronic records.

23. General

Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. In the event that any provision of these Terms is inoperative or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law and the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the enforceability and validity of remaining provisions of the Terms. No independent contractor, partnership, joint venture or employer-employee relationship is intended or created. No action, regardless of form, which arises from or is related in any way whatsoever to these Terms, may be commenced by you more than twelve (12) months after such cause of action accrues. All notices and other communications under the Terms must be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given when actually received. You may provide notices to us via (i) email to [info@wcwine.com].

If you have any questions regarding these Terms or the Services, please contact us at info@wcwine.com].