Legal notice

You are visiting the Challenge International du Vin website, which is published by C.D.V. (Concours des Vins).

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The Challenge International du Vin informs visitors to this website of the following points:

To access this website, users must be old enough to legally consume and/or purchase alcoholic beverages according to the laws in force in their country of residence (taking the oldest applicable age into consideration).

If no legal age exists in their country of residence, users must be at least 21 years old to access the website.

Alcohol abuse

Alcohol abuse is bad for your health. It is recommended to consume alcoholic beverages in moderation. Consuming alcoholic beverages during pregnancy, even in small quantities, can have serious consequences on your child’s health. Total abstinence from alcohol is recommended during pregnancy.

1 – Website access:

– To view this website, users must be old enough to legally consume and/or purchase alcoholic beverages according to the laws in force in their country of residence (taking the oldest applicable age into consideration). If no legal age exists in their country of residence, users must be at least 21 years old in order to access the website.

– Visitors to this website acknowledge that they have the necessary skills and means to access and use it.

– The Challenge International du Vin cannot be held responsible for factors beyond its control and damages that may result from users’ technical environments, including computers, software, network equipment, and any other equipment used to access or use the services and/or information.

– Users are reminded that fraudulently accessing or using a computer system, hindering or disrupting the operation of such a system, and introducing or fraudulently modifying data in a computer system constitute criminal offences subject to legal sanctions.

– Access to the Challenge International du Vin website is free of charge. The cost of accessing and using the telecommunications network shall be borne by the customers, as stipulated by their service providers and telecommunications operators.

2 – Intellectual Property:

– The Challenge International du Vin is the owner and holder of the rights to all the elements which make up this website, including data, graphics, photos and videos. Any full or partial reproduction, representation, distribution or redistribution of this website’s content by any means, without prior and express consent from the Challenge International du Vin is prohibited and will constitute an act of infringement punishable by articles L 335 – 2 et seq. of the French Intellectual Property Code.

– The trademarks and products belonging to the publisher of the Challenge International du Vin website, and the logos on the website are registered trademarks. Any full or partial reproduction of these trademarks or logos, from any element on the website without express consent from the Challenge International du Vin is therefore prohibited, according to article L 713 – 2 of the French Intellectual Property Code.

3 – Website content:

– The Challenge International du Vin reserves the right to correct the content of this website at any time without notice. In addition, the Challenge International du Vin declines all responsibility in the event of delay, error or omission in the content of these pages, as well as in the event of interruption or unavailability of the service.

Presentation of products:

Only wine and spirits and/or award-winning products from the competition organised by the Publisher are presented on the web page for the year’s winners and in the archives from previous years. The presentation of wine, spirits, and/or award-winning products do not in any way constitute an offer to sell or an incitement to purchase the products. The intention of this website is simply to present the products for informational purposes. Photographs of wine bottles and products which have won special prizes and their descriptions are non-contractual and the Publisher accepts no liability for them.

4 – Hyperlinks:

– The creation of hyperlinks to the Challenge International du Vin website is subject to prior approval from the publisher.

 

5 – Credits

All photographs presented on this website are the property of the Challenge International du Vin and are therefore protected by the French Intellectual Property Code.

Some may be reproduced upon the express condition that prior written permission has been obtained from the Challenge International du Vin and that the author’s name and the source of the website are cited.

Photo credits:
• Elsa Abéguilé, photographer
• Jean-Bernard Nadeau, photographer

The photos, text, logos, icons and any work included on the website are the property of the Challenge International du Vin or of a third party which has authorised their use. Reproductions, transmission, modifications or reuse, whether on paper or in electronic format, of the internet portal and the works reproduced there are authorised, provided that they comply with the provisions of article L 122-5 of the French Intellectual Property Code. These full or partial reproductions must clearly indicate the author’s name and the source of the website.

Some may be reproduced upon the express condition that prior written permission has been obtained from the Challenge International du Vin and that the author’s name and the source of the website are cited.

Requests should be sent to: info@challengeduvin.com

 

6 – Cookies

This website may automatically collect standard information about the website user, such as their location, the state of the network, and the reading and writing of data in the context of bookmarking. All of the data collected indirectly will only be used to monitor the volume, type and patterns of traffic on the website, to develop the site’s design and layout, for other administrative and planning purposes, and more generally to improve the services provided to users.

 

7 – Personal data collection

The personal data provided by visitors to this website (full name, address, post code, city, email address) will be retained during the registration period and shared among the Publisher’s various websites.

For more information, please consult the Publisher’s Personal data protection policy.

 

8 – Rules for the purchase and use of competition seals

The terms and conditions for earning a medal are governed by the competition rules. The purchase and use of competition medal stickers are regulated. Please consult the competition rules

 

9 – Applicable law

These general terms and conditions of use are governed by French law and fall under the jurisdiction of the Bordeaux courts, subject to assignment of specific jurisdiction arising from a particular legal or regulatory text.

The language of reference for resolving any disputes is French.