Vinho Verde Atasca Dinner Sweepstakes – Official Rules
Promotion runs from 03/15/2016-03/22/2016
THE VINHO VERDE TABLEHOPPER DINNER SWEEPSTAKES
OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. MAKING A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
By participating in the Sweepstakes, each entrant unconditionally accepts and agrees to comply with, and abide by these Official Rules and the decisions of Comissão de Viticultura da Região dos Vinhos Verdes (“CVRVV”, the “Sponsor”), which shall be final and binding in all respects.
SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY PERIOD: The Vinho Verde Tablehopper Dinner Sweepstakes begins at 12:00:00 AM Pacific Time (“PT”) on Tuesday, March 15 2016 and ends at 11:59:59 PM PT on Tuesday, March 22 2016 (the “Sweepstakes Period”).
ELIGIBILITY: The Vinho Verde Tablehopper Dinner Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) is open to legal residents of the 50 United States, including the District of Columbia, age 21 or older at the time of entry (the “Entrant”). Void outside the U.S., and wherever else prohibited by law. Employees of the Sponsor and its respective subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, licensed wholesaler or retailer, and the immediate family members of, and/or those living in the same household of each, are not eligible to enter. Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.
ENTRY: To enter, visit http://winesofvinhoverde.com/2016/03/vinho-verde-tablehopper-dinner-sweepstakes/ and follow all entry instructions to complete the entry form in its entirety and submit (“Online Entry”). Online Entries must be received between 12:00:00 AM Pacific Time (“PT”) on Tuesday, March 15 2016 and 11:59:59 PM PT on Tuesday, March 22 2016. Online Entrants are subject to all notices posted online including but not limited to the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy.
Referral Bonus Entry. Upon submitting an Entry, entrants will have an opportunity to share the Sweepstakes with others by sharing a personalized link. During the Sweepstakes Period you will disclose your relationship with Sponsor in any online post you make which references Sponsor by including the statement “I entered to win tickets to the Vinho Verde Tablehopper Dinner” as well as the word “Sweepstakes” in any such posts. For every new individual that successfully enters the Sweepstakes by clicking through the shared link, the referring entrant will receive one (1) additional bonus entry into the Sweepstakes (“Bonus Entry”). There is no limit on the total number of Bonus Entries the referring entrant may be entitled to receive during the Sweepstakes Period. All Bonus Entries become the property of the Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. All entrants are subject to all terms of use and notices posted on Sponsor websites (including but not limited to the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy) and authorized social media accounts. By publishing a post to his/her Facebook timeline or a Tweet from his/her Twitter account, entrant is required to agree to the platform’s terms of service available at https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms and https://twitter.com/tos, respectively. This Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook or Twitter.
Limit: Six (6) entries per person over the lifetime of the Sweepstakes Period as defined by the “Ways to Enter” displayed in the Gleam widget. All entries become the property of the Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned.
PRIZES/APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE (“ARV”)/ODDS:
Grand Prize: One (1) Grand Prize will be available to be won of two tickets to the Vinho Verde Tablehopper dinner in San Francisco to be held on Friday, April 15, 2016 at 6:30pm Pacific Time. Prize includes a multi-course dinner and wine pairings, tax and gratuity. Prize does not include any items outside the scope of the preset menu. Prize does not include transportation, lodging or any other expenses related to the acceptance or use of the prize.
The ARV of the Grand Prize is: $140.00
ODDS: Odds of winning will depend upon the total number of eligible entries received.
RANDOM DRAWING: The winners will be selected in a random drawing on or about Wednesday, March 23, 2016 from among all eligible Entries received. The selection will be made by third party Gleam.
WINNER NOTIFICATION: The potential Grand Prize winner will be notified by email and requested to confirm that he/she will attend the dinner and provide a valid phone number within 48 hours via return email. Confirmation of the prize will be sent to the email address on the entry form or new email address provided via email within 48 hours of winner being verified.
PRIZE CONDITIONS: All expenses related to the acceptance or use of the prize are the sole responsibility of prize winner.
If a prize notification or prize is returned as undeliverable, or if winner is found to be ineligible or not in compliance with these rules that winner will be disqualified, and the prize may be awarded to an alternate winner in a separate random drawing.
Prize is not redeemable for cash and is non-assignable nor transferable. No substitution is permitted except if prize is unavailable, in which case a prize of equal or greater value will be awarded. No cash in lieu of prizes and no exchange or substitution of prizes, except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. Any other incidental expenses on prize not specified herein are the winner’s sole responsibility.
Winners are responsible for all federal, state, local and income taxes associated with winning prize. Except where prohibited by law, entry and acceptance of prize constitute permission to use winner’s name, prize won, hometown, likeness, video tape, photographs, and statements for purposes of advertising, promotion and publicity (including online posting) in any and all media now or hereafter known throughout the world in perpetuity, without additional compensation, notification or permission.
Prizes are awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied by Sponsor. Winners acknowledge that the Official Sponsor and all other businesses affiliated with this Sweepstakes and their agents do not make, nor are in any manner responsible for any warranty, representations, expressed or implied, in fact or in law, relative to the quality, conditions, fitness or merchantability of any aspect of the prize being offered, except that each merchandise prize shall be subject to its manufacturer’s standard warranty (if any).
GENERAL: Participating entrants agree to these Official Rules and release the Sponsor, and their affiliated companies, and all other businesses involved in this Sweepstakes, as well as the employees, officers, directors and agents of each, from all claims and liability relating to their participation in the Sweepstakes, and the acceptance and use/misuse of the prize offered. Winner assumes all liability for any injury or damage caused or claimed to be caused, by participation in this Sweepstakes or use/misuse or redemption of the prize. Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of the offer, administration of the Sweepstakes or in the announcement of the prize.
Although subsequent attempts to enter on a given day may be received, only the first complete entry received from a particular entrant will be eligible; subsequent attempts by the same person to enter, identity or email address will be disqualified. In the event of a dispute over the identity of an entrant, submission will be deemed submitted by the “Authorized Account Holder” of the account from which the entry is submitted or the e-mail address submitted, depending on the method of entry. Authorized Account Holder means the natural person to whom the email account is registered. Submission materials/data that have been tampered with or altered, or mass entries or entries generated by a script, macro or use of automated devices are void. The Sponsor is not responsible for: (i) lost, late, misdirected, damaged or illegible entries; or (ii) error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of submission materials, or for technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or software malfunctions of any kind, or inaccurate transmission of or failure to receive submission information by Sponsor on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site or any combination thereof; or (iii) any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in the Sweepstakes. By participating in the Sweepstakes, you (i) agree to be bound by these official rules, including all eligibility requirements, and (ii) agree to be bound by the decisions of Sponsor and the independent judging organization, which are final and binding in all matters relating to the Sweepstakes. Failure to comply with these official rules may result in disqualification from the Sweepstakes. Sponsor reserves the right to: (i) permanently disqualify from any Sweepstakes it sponsors any person it believes has intentionally violated these official rules; and (ii) withdraw any method of entry if it becomes technically corrupted (including if a computer virus or system malfunction inalterably impairs its ability to conduct the Sweepstakes), and to select winners from among all eligible entries received prior to withdrawal.
LEGAL WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER OR NOT AN ENTRANT, TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE, DESTROY, TAMPER OR VANDALIZE THIS WEB SITE OR INTERFERE WITH THE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES, IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND DILIGENTLY PURSUE ALL REMEDIES AGAINST ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
DISPUTES: Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of, or connected with, the Sweepstakes or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the appropriate court located in the state of California. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, entrant’s rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state of California without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of California or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the state of California. The remedy for any claim shall be limited to actual damages, and in no event shall any party be entitled to recover punitive, exemplary, consequential, or incidental damages, including attorney’s fees or other such related costs of bringing a claim, or to rescind this agreement or seek injunctive or any other equitable relief.
THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL WITH RESPECT TO ALL CLAIMS AND ISSUES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS PROMOTION WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT OR TORT, AND INCLUDING ANY CLAIM FOR FRAUDULENT INDUCEMENT THEREOF.
PRIVACY: By entering and providing the required entry information, entrants acknowledge that the Sponsor may also send information, samples or special offers it believes may be of interest to entrant, or other information or goods offered by its marketing partners. Personal information collected from online entrants is subject to the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy.
OFFICIAL RULES REQUEST: To request a copy of the Official Rules, see http://winesofvinhoverde.com/2016/03/vinho-verde-tablehopper-dinner-sweepstakes/ or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope by March 22, 2016, to: The Vinho Verde Tablehopper Dinner Sweepstakes, attn: Benson Marketing Group, 2700 Napa Valley Corporate Drive, Suite H, Napa CA 94558
WINNER CONFIRMATION: For a written confirmation of the winner (available after March 23, 2016, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope (no later than April 1, 2016), to: The Vinho Verde Tablehopper Dinner Sweepstakes, attn: Benson Marketing Group, 2700 Napa Valley Corporate Drive, Suite H, Napa CA 94558
SPONSOR: Comissão de Viticultura da Região dos Vinhos Verdes (“CVRVV”), Rua da Restauração 318, Porto, Portugal. Sponsor is an inter-professional organization with the objective of representing the interests of the professions involved in the Vinho Verde production and trade and in the defense of the regional and national inheritance of its Denomination of Origin. Legally, this institution is a regional association, a private corporate body of public interest, with undetermined duration. The CVRVV is accredited by the Portuguese Accreditation Institute, IP ( IPAC ) under Portuguese and European standard EN ISO / IEC 17065 : 2014 as certifier of products with designation of origin ‘ Vinho Verde ‘ or Geographical Indication ‘ Minho ‘ as contained Annex Technical Accreditation No. C0010. Sponsor is co-financed by the European Union, the Portuguese Government, as well as member wineries in the Vinho Verde region.
Void outside the US, in Puerto Rico, and wherever else prohibited.
