Cookie Policy

Last updated: 1 January 2025

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, to improve the user experience, and to provide information to the site owners. Cookies may be set by the website you are visiting ("first-party cookies") or by third-party services operating on the website ("third-party cookies").

2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for the following purposes:

Necessary Cookies: These are essential for the operation of our website. They enable core functions such as session management, security features, and remembering items in your shopping basket. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Performance Cookies: These cookies collect anonymous information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and page load times. We use this data through services like Google Analytics to understand and improve our website performance.
Functional Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make, such as your preferred language or region, and provide enhanced, more personalised features.
Marketing Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

3. Cookies We Use

The following cookies are used on our website:

Session ID
Category: Necessary
Duration: Session (deleted when you close your browser)
Purpose: Maintains your session while you browse the website, ensuring continuity as you navigate between pages.

Consent Preferences
Category: Necessary
Duration: 1 year
Purpose: Stores your cookie consent preferences so that you are not asked to accept cookies on every visit.

Google Analytics (_ga, _gid)
Category: Performance
Duration: Up to 2 years
Purpose: Collects anonymous statistical data about how visitors use the website, including pages visited, time spent on site, and referral sources.

Language Preference
Category: Functional
Duration: 1 year
Purpose: Remembers your preferred language setting so that content is displayed in the correct language on subsequent visits.

Region Preference
Category: Functional
Duration: 1 year
Purpose: Remembers your preferred wine region for a more personalised browsing experience.

4. Managing Cookies

You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to view, delete, and block cookies from websites. Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our website and your ability to access certain features.

For instructions on managing cookies in your browser, please visit:

5. Third-Party Cookies

Our website uses cookies set by third-party services, including:

Google Analytics: Used to collect anonymous data about website usage. Google's privacy policy can be found at policies.google.com/privacy.
Google Ad Manager: Used to serve and measure the performance of advertisements displayed on our website. Google's advertising privacy policy can be found at policies.google.com/technologies/ads.

These third-party services have their own privacy policies and cookie practices. We encourage you to review their policies for more information.

6. Do Not Track

Some browsers offer a "Do Not Track" (DNT) setting that sends a signal to websites requesting that your browsing activity not be tracked. We respect DNT signals where technically feasible and will limit tracking accordingly when such a signal is detected.

7. Changes

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

8. Contact

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at [email protected].

For more information about how we handle your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.