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Terms of Use
These terms apply to the Vintage IQ mobile app and to this website. By installing or using the app, or by browsing this site, you agree to them. They are short, and they are written to be read.
1. The Service
Vintage IQ (the "App") and vintage-iq.web.app (the "Site"), together the "Service", provide a reference chart of wine vintages: ratings, style descriptions and cellaring guidance for wine regions around the world. The Service is provided by the publisher of Vintage IQ ("we", "us", "our").
2. Age
The Service is about wine and is intended for adults. You may use it only if you are of legal drinking age in the country or region where you live. Please enjoy wine responsibly.
3. Information, not advice
The chart reflects the opinions and experience of its curator at the time it was written. Vintages are judged in general terms for a whole region; individual wines, producers, bottles and storage conditions vary enormously. The Service is provided for general information and enjoyment only. It is not purchasing, investment, health or professional advice, and you should not rely on it as such. Any decision you make about buying, selling, cellaring or drinking wine is your own.
4. Accuracy and changes
We work hard to keep the chart accurate and current, and the App updates automatically when the chart changes. Even so, we do not promise that any rating, description or outlook is complete, correct or up to date, and we may add, revise or remove content at any time without notice. The App may also be made temporarily unavailable for maintenance.
5. Licence to use the App
We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to install and use the App on devices you own or control, for your own non-commercial use, in accordance with these terms and the rules of the app store you downloaded it from. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, lease, reverse-engineer or otherwise extract the source of the App, or scrape or bulk-export the chart data, except where the law expressly allows it.
6. Intellectual property
The App, the Site, the Vintage IQ name and logo, and the chart content (including all ratings, style profiles and cellar outlooks) are owned by us or our licensors and are protected by copyright, trade mark and other laws. Nothing in these terms gives you any right to use them other than as set out in section 5. Short quotations with attribution to Vintage IQ are welcome.
7. Acceptable use
You agree not to use the Service in a way that is unlawful, that interferes with its operation or with other users, or that attempts to gain unauthorised access to any system or data connected to it.
8. Third-party services
The App retrieves its chart and configuration from services operated by Google (Google Sheets and Firebase). Those services are subject to Google's own terms, and we are not responsible for their availability.
9. Disclaimer of warranties
The Service is provided "as is" and "as available". To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free.
10. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, data or goodwill, arising out of or in connection with your use of the Service, including any purchase or cellaring decision made in reliance on the chart. Where liability cannot be excluded, it is limited to the amount you paid for the App, which is nothing. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law.
11. App store terms
If you downloaded the App from the Apple App Store or Google Play, the store's standard terms also apply. Apple and Google are not parties to these terms, have no obligation to provide support for the App, and are not responsible for addressing any claims relating to it.
12. Termination
You can stop using the Service at any time by deleting the App. We may suspend or end the Service, or your access to it, if you breach these terms or if we decide to discontinue the App.
13. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms from time to time. The current version, with its effective date, is always published at this address. Continuing to use the Service after a change means you accept the updated terms.
14. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the country in which the publisher of Vintage IQ is established, without regard to conflict-of-law rules, and any dispute will be subject to the courts of that country. Nothing in this section removes any protection you have under mandatory consumer law where you live.
15. Contact
Questions about these terms? Email support@vintageiq.app.