Terms and conditions

Company Details
Erik Laan Fine Wines Limited trading as The Vineking
Registered Office: 38 Church Street, Reigate, England, RH2 0AJ.
Registered No. 04768821
AWRS: XKAW000102439

Definitions
“Company” Erik Laan Fine Wines Limited trading as The Vineking
“Goods” the goods which the company is to supply in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.
“Customer” the person, firm, sole trader or the limited company who accepts the company’s quotation for sale of goods by making an Order Request.

General
All goods are sold and supplied to the customer upon the following standard terms and conditions. The company reserves the right at its discretion to accept or decline any Order Requests only become Orders binding upon the company when the company has provided a confirmation of acceptance of the Order request. Orders will only be accepted from persons over the age of 18.

Prices
All prices are quoted per bottle and per case including VAT and including excise duty unless otherwise stated and are correct at time of quotation. The Company reserves the right to change prices without notice and goods will be charged at the prices prevailing at the date of dispatch. All goods are offered subject to stock availability and remain the property of the company until paid in full.

International delivery
The Vineking can offer delivery to addresses outside the UK. Please contact us directly for more information.

Delivery
Please see our delivery page for this information (here).



Payment terms
The company must receive payment in full before delivery will be arranged unless the Company has agreed credit terms. The company will not enter into a sale or return arrangement unless specifically agreed to prior to order confirmation.

Late payment
The company reserves the right to charge interest pursuant to the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act.

Claims
All goods must be inspected at the time of delivery. Claims for breakage, loss or damage must be notified in writing to both the Company and the carriers within 24hrs of delivery. Non-delivery must be notified within 7 working days of date of invoice or dispatch note. No claims for compensation will be accepted if notification ia made outside these deadlines. Corked or defective bottles should be returned to the company for examination.

Warranties
Other than as stated in these terms and conditions all warranties, conditions, terms and undertaking, expressed or implied, whether by statute, common law, custom, trade usage, course of dealings or otherwise in respect Goods supplied by the Company are hereby excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law save that nothing in the agreement operates to exclude or limit the customer’s statutory rights.

Retention of title
The company shall retain title to the goods until the company receives full payment of the price of the goods and any other outstanding sums. The Customer shall keep such goods as the company’s bailee and shall deliver up the Goods to the company as its request and shall

  1. insure the goods against the usual risks
  2. Store the Goods separately or otherwise ensure that they are readily identifiable as the company’s property
  3. Irrevocably authorise the Company’s representative at any time in circumstances to enter the customer’s property where the goods are thought by the company to be stored for the purpose of repossessing the Goods
  4. Keep the goods free from any charge, lien or other encumbrance

Insolvency
The company my terminate the order by written notice if the customer become insolvent or is deemed to be unable to pay its debt.

Data protection
In placing an order Request the customer consents to the Company holding and using the customer’s personal information in order to inform the Customers of the company’s promotions and events. The Company will not pass Customer details to any third party save for the purpose of delivery of Goods pursuant to an order. If the Customer does not want to receive such information, the Customer shall inform the Company of that fact in writing.

Dispute resolution
If any dispute arises in relation to Goods supplied by the Company both the Company and the Customer agree to negotiate in good faith to resolve such dispute before recourse to litigation. If any dispute cannot be resolved by way of negotiation then both parties agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of England & Wales whose jurisdiction shall be exclusive save in respect of the enforcement of judgements when such jurisdiction will be non-exclusive.

Applicable Law
These terms and conditions are governed by the laws of England & Wales.