Last reviewed August 25, 2026
Business-to-business supply of wines and related products
Company details
| Seller | Maison Vintique Ltd |
| Company number | 16632279 |
| Registered office | Maison Vintique C/O The Accountancy Partnership, 70 Grange Road East, Wirral, United Kingdom, CH41 5FE |
| Trading/correspondence address | Maison Vintique 49 Station Road, Polegate, East Sussex, BN26 6EA |
| VAT number | 518889826 |
| contact@MaisonVintique.com | |
| Telephone | 07706544676 |
These Conditions apply only to business customers. They do not apply to consumer purchases.
1. Definitions and interpretation
1.1 In these Conditions: “Account” means a trade account approved by the Seller; “Buyer” means the business purchasing or agreeing to purchase Goods from the Seller; “Conditions” means these terms and conditions of trade; “Contract” means the contract between the Seller and the Buyer for the sale of Goods; “Credit Limit” means any credit limit notified by the Seller; “Delivery Location” means an address approved by the Seller for delivery; “Goods” means wines and any related products supplied by the Seller; “Order” means the Buyer’s request to purchase Goods; “Seller” means Maison Vintique Ltd; and “Writing” includes email.
1.2 References to legislation include amendments and replacements. Headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation.
1.3 A reference to “including” means including without limitation. A person includes a company, partnership, sole trader or other legal entity.
2. Business-to-business status and account approval
2.1 The Seller supplies Goods only in the course of business. By applying for an Account or placing an Order, the Buyer confirms that it is acting wholly or mainly for business purposes and not as a consumer.
2.2 The Seller may carry out company, identity, licensing, VAT, AWRS, credit, trade-reference and other due-diligence checks before or after approving an Account.
2.3 Account approval is discretionary. The Seller may approve an Account on pro forma terms, impose conditions, restrict access to products or delivery locations, suspend an Account, or decline an application without being required to give detailed reasons where doing so could prejudice compliance or fraud-prevention controls.
2.4 The Buyer must promptly notify the Seller of any change to its legal name, ownership, directors or partners, registered office, trading address, delivery addresses, VAT status, premises licence, AWRS status, insolvency status or material business activity.
2.5 The Buyer is responsible for keeping its login credentials secure and for all Orders placed through authorised users on its Account. The Buyer must notify the Seller immediately of suspected unauthorised access.
3. Regulatory and alcohol compliance
3.1 The Buyer warrants that it holds and will maintain all licences, registrations, permissions and approvals required for its activities, including any premises licence and AWRS approval where applicable.
3.2 The Buyer must not purchase, resell, supply, store or transport Goods in breach of alcohol licensing, excise, customs, food, labelling, age-restriction, sanctions or other applicable laws.
3.3 Where the Buyer purchases alcohol from the Seller for onward sale, the Buyer is responsible for carrying out any checks required of it, including checking the Seller’s AWRS approval where applicable and retaining its own records.
3.4 The Seller may request updated compliance evidence at any time. Failure to provide satisfactory evidence may result in Orders being held, refused or cancelled and the Account being suspended.
3.5 The Buyer must not remove, obscure, alter or falsify lot numbers, duty marks, labels, importer details, provenance information or other traceability information.
4. Orders and formation of contract
4.1 Each Order is an offer by the Buyer to purchase Goods under these Conditions. No Contract exists until the Seller issues written acceptance, sends an order confirmation, or dispatches the Goods, whichever occurs first.
4.2 An acknowledgement that an Order has been received is not acceptance. The Seller may refuse or limit any Order, including because of stock availability, allocation, compliance concerns, credit status or delivery restrictions.
4.3 The Buyer is responsible for checking its Order confirmation and must notify the Seller promptly of any error. The Seller is not obliged to accept amendments after acceptance.
4.4 Telephone or verbal Orders are accepted at the Buyer’s risk and are subject to the Seller’s written confirmation.
4.5 No employee or representative may vary a Contract unless the variation is confirmed in Writing by an authorised representative of the Seller.
5. Products, vintages and availability
5.1 All Goods are subject to availability and allocation. Product descriptions, tasting notes, scores, photographs and marketing materials are illustrative and do not form a guarantee of subjective taste or suitability for a particular menu, event or customer.
5.2 Wine is an agricultural and evolving product. Reasonable variation may occur between bottles, cases, labels, closures, packaging and vintages. Natural sediment, tartrate crystals and modest bottle variation are not necessarily defects.
5.3 The Seller will not substitute a different wine or vintage without the Buyer’s agreement, except that minor packaging or label changes that do not materially alter the Goods may be made.
5.4 Where a wine is allocated, limited, specially sourced, en primeur, personalised or imported specifically for the Buyer, additional written conditions may apply.
6. Prices, VAT and duty
6.1 Unless expressly stated otherwise, prices are quoted in pounds sterling per bottle or case, exclude VAT, and are based on the duty status stated in the quotation or price list.
6.2 VAT will be charged at the applicable rate. Alcohol Duty, customs charges, handling, storage, delivery and other charges will be included or added as stated in the Order confirmation or invoice.
6.3 The Seller may change its price list at any time. A price change will not affect a Contract already accepted, except where the change results from a change in tax, duty, levy, law, exchange rate or other government charge taking effect before delivery and the Contract permits that amount to be passed on.
6.4 Any quotation is valid only for the period stated and is subject to availability, satisfactory due diligence and credit approval.
6.5 The Buyer must notify the Seller promptly of any obvious pricing error. The Seller may cancel an Order affected by a genuine pricing or data-entry error before delivery and refund any amount paid.
7. Payment and credit facilities
7.1 Unless the Seller has approved credit in Writing, payment is due in cleared funds before Goods are released or dispatched.
7.2 Where credit is approved, payment is due by the date stated on the invoice. If no date is stated, payment is due within 30 days of the invoice date.
7.3 Credit facilities are discretionary and may be reduced, suspended or withdrawn at any time. The Buyer must not exceed its Credit Limit. The Seller may require pro forma payment for any Order even where credit has previously been granted.
7.4 The Buyer must pay all sums in full without set-off, counterclaim, deduction or withholding except where required by law.
7.5 If payment is late, the Seller may claim statutory interest, fixed compensation and reasonable recovery costs under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 and associated legislation, or any replacement regime.
7.6 The Seller may suspend further deliveries, cancel unfulfilled Orders, require immediate payment of all outstanding sums and recover reasonable costs incurred in collecting overdue amounts.
7.7 A payment is treated as received only when cleared funds are credited to the Seller’s nominated account.
8. Delivery
8.1 Delivery dates and times are estimates unless expressly agreed in Writing as fixed. Time is not of the essence for delivery.
8.2 Delivery will be made to an approved Delivery Location. The Buyer must provide safe and reasonable access, accurate opening hours, booking-in details, unloading assistance where reasonably required, and an authorised person to receive the Goods.
8.3 The Seller may make delivery in instalments. Each instalment may be invoiced separately.
8.4 The Buyer must not ask a driver to leave alcohol unattended unless this has been authorised in Writing. The Seller may refuse an unsafe, unlawful or unattended delivery.
8.5 If delivery fails because of the Buyer’s act or omission, the Seller may store or return the Goods and charge reasonable redelivery, storage, administration and carrier costs.
8.6 The Buyer must check the number and apparent condition of cases at delivery and note visible shortage or damage clearly on the delivery record before signing.
9. Risk, title and storage
9.1 Risk of loss or damage passes to the Buyer on completion of delivery at the Delivery Location, or on collection where the Buyer or its carrier collects the Goods.
9.2 Title to the Goods does not pass until the Seller has received in full all sums owed by the Buyer to the Seller on any account.
9.3 Until title passes, the Buyer must store the Goods securely, in appropriate conditions, separately or clearly identifiable as the Seller’s property, keep them insured for their full value, and not remove identifying marks.
9.4 The Buyer may resell Goods in the ordinary course of business before title passes, but that authority ends automatically if an event in clause 16 occurs or if the Seller revokes it in Writing.
9.5 Where the Buyer’s right to possession ends, the Seller may require return of unpaid Goods and, where legally permitted, enter premises during reasonable hours to identify and recover them.
9.6 The Buyer is responsible for maintaining suitable wine-storage conditions after risk passes, including protection from excessive heat, cold, light, vibration, odours and rapid temperature changes.
10. Bonded and duty-suspended Goods
10.1 This clause applies only where the Seller expressly agrees in Writing to supply Goods under bond or duty suspension.
10.2 The Buyer must hold all approvals, guarantees, warehouse arrangements and excise registrations required for the proposed movement and must provide accurate movement instructions in sufficient time.
10.3 Responsibility for duty, tax, guarantees, movement documentation, losses, irregularities and discharge of any duty-suspension movement will pass as specified in the written quotation, order confirmation or movement document.
10.4 The Buyer will indemnify the Seller for duty, penalties, interest and reasonable costs arising from inaccurate instructions, invalid approvals, failed discharge, diversion or other breach attributable to the Buyer or its appointed carrier or warehouse.
11. Inspection, shortages, damage and non-delivery
11.1 The Buyer must inspect the Goods promptly after delivery.
11.2 Visible damage, shortage or incorrect delivery must be noted on the delivery record and reported to the Seller in Writing, with photographs and supporting details, within 48 hours of delivery.
11.3 Non-delivery must be reported within 3 Business Days after the expected delivery date.
11.4 A claim will not automatically be rejected solely because these periods were missed, but delay may affect the Seller’s ability to investigate and the Buyer must show that it notified the Seller as soon as reasonably practicable.
11.5 The Buyer must retain affected Goods, packaging, labels and closures for inspection and must not dispose of or return them without written authorisation.
11.6 Where a valid claim is accepted, the Seller may at its option replace the affected Goods, issue a credit, refund the price paid for those Goods, or agree another reasonable remedy.
12. Quality complaints and wine faults
12.1 The Seller warrants that, at delivery, the Goods will correspond materially with their description and be of satisfactory quality, subject to the nature, age, price and description of the wine and any matter disclosed before sale.
12.2 The Buyer must report suspected latent faults, contamination, widespread cork taint, oxidation or other quality concerns promptly after discovery, giving the product, vintage, lot number, quantity affected, storage history and photographs where relevant.
12.3 A single bottle affected by cork taint or bottle variation does not necessarily establish that an entire case or batch is defective. The Seller may require representative unopened bottles for examination.
12.4 The Seller is not responsible for deterioration caused after risk passes by poor storage, temperature exposure, mishandling, prolonged opening, unsuitable service conditions or transport arranged by the Buyer.
13. Cancellations, returns and refunds
13.1 The Buyer has no consumer cancellation right. An accepted Order may be cancelled only with the Seller’s written agreement.
13.2 The Seller may require payment of costs reasonably incurred because of an agreed cancellation, including supplier, freight, duty, storage, administration and restocking costs.
13.3 Specially ordered, allocated, imported, personalised, labelled or limited-release Goods cannot be cancelled or returned unless defective or the Seller agrees otherwise in Writing.
13.4 No Goods may be returned without a return authorisation. Authorised returns must be unopened, saleable, correctly stored and transported as instructed.
13.5 Unauthorised returns may be refused or held at the Buyer’s risk and cost.
14. Product recall and traceability
14.1 The Buyer must maintain records sufficient to identify the quantities, lot numbers, delivery locations and onward recipients of Goods where required by law or good trade practice.
14.2 The Buyer must immediately notify the Seller of any safety, authenticity, labelling, traceability or regulatory concern relating to Goods.
14.3 The Buyer must cooperate fully with any withdrawal, recall, investigation or corrective action, including stopping sale, segregating stock, providing records and communicating with affected customers where instructed.
14.4 The Seller will bear reasonable recall costs to the extent caused by its breach. The Buyer will bear costs to the extent caused by its breach, mishandling, unauthorised relabelling or failure to follow instructions.
15. Liability
15.1 Nothing in these Conditions limits or excludes liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, breach of title, or any liability that cannot lawfully be limited or excluded.
15.2 Subject to clause 15.1, the Seller will not be liable for loss of profit, revenue, business, contracts, goodwill, anticipated savings, opportunity, reputation, or any indirect or consequential loss.
15.3 Subject to clause 15.1, the Seller’s total liability arising out of or in connection with a Contract will not exceed 125% of the net price paid or payable for the Goods giving rise to the claim.
15.4 The limitations in this clause apply only to the extent they are reasonable and enforceable under applicable law.
15.5 The Buyer is responsible for determining whether the Goods are commercially suitable for its intended list, menu, pricing, customer base or event, except where the Seller has expressly agreed a specific specification in Writing.
16. Suspension, termination and insolvency
16.1 The Seller may suspend performance or terminate a Contract or Account immediately by written notice if the Buyer fails to pay on time, exceeds its Credit Limit, breaches these Conditions, provides misleading information, loses a required licence or approval, presents a compliance or fraud risk, ceases or threatens to cease trading, becomes unable to pay its debts, enters an insolvency process, or has goods seized or enforcement levied against it.
16.2 On termination, all outstanding amounts become immediately due. Termination does not affect accrued rights, including the Seller’s title and recovery rights.
16.3 Clauses intended to continue after termination, including payment, title, confidentiality, liability and governing law, will remain in force.
17. Force majeure
17.1 The Seller is not liable for delay or failure caused by events beyond its reasonable control, including crop failure, supplier failure, transport disruption, customs delay, warehouse disruption, industrial action, fire, flood, severe weather, epidemic, war, terrorism, sanctions, government action, cyber incident, utility failure or shortage of materials.
17.2 The Seller may extend time, make partial delivery, offer an alternative, allocate available stock fairly, or cancel the affected part of a Contract and refund any amount paid for undelivered Goods.
18. Intellectual property and marketing materials
18.1 All intellectual property in the Seller’s website, trade portal, photographs, brochures, tasting notes, sell sheets and other materials remains owned by or licensed to the Seller or its suppliers.
18.2 The Buyer may use approved materials solely to market authentic Goods purchased from the Seller and must comply with brand guidelines and any supplier restrictions.
18.3 The Buyer must not alter labels, make misleading claims, imply exclusivity, or use trade marks in a way that damages the Seller, producer or brand.
19. Confidentiality and data protection
19.1 Each party must keep confidential commercially sensitive information received from the other, except where disclosure is required by law, to professional advisers, insurers, finance providers, regulators or for legitimate performance of the Contract.
19.2 The Seller will process personal data in accordance with its Privacy Notice and applicable data-protection law.
19.3 Trade prices, allocations, account terms and portal access are confidential to the approved Buyer and must not be shared with unauthorised third parties.
20. Assignment and subcontracting
20.1 The Buyer may not assign, transfer, charge or subcontract its rights or obligations without the Seller’s prior written consent.
20.2 The Seller may use carriers, warehouses, customs agents, payment providers and other subcontractors to perform the Contract and may assign receivables or transfer the Contract as part of a business transfer, provided this does not materially reduce the Buyer’s rights.
21. Notices
21.1 Formal notices must be in Writing and sent to the registered office or notified business email of the receiving party. Routine order and delivery communications may be sent to the contacts recorded on the Account.
21.2 An email notice is deemed received when sent without a delivery-failure notification during normal business hours, or at 9:00am on the next Business Day if sent outside those hours. This clause does not apply to service of court proceedings.
22. General
22.1 These Conditions, the Order confirmation and any expressly incorporated written terms form the entire agreement for the Contract.
22.2 If there is a conflict, a specifically agreed written term in the Order confirmation takes priority over these Conditions, but only for that Contract.
22.3 The Seller may update these Conditions for future Orders by publishing or providing a revised version. Changes do not retrospectively alter an accepted Contract unless agreed.
22.4 A delay or failure to enforce a right is not a waiver. A waiver is effective only if given in Writing.
22.5 If any provision is invalid or unenforceable, it will be treated as modified to the minimum extent necessary and the remaining provisions will continue.
22.6 No person other than the Seller and Buyer has rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.
23. Governing law and jurisdiction
23.1 These Conditions and every Contract are governed by the law of England and Wales.
23.2 The courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction, except that the Seller may take proceedings in another jurisdiction to recover Goods, protect title or enforce a judgment.
Trade account acceptance
The Buyer confirms that it has read and agrees to these Terms and Conditions of Trade. Electronic acceptance through the Seller’s website or trade portal has the same effect as a signature, subject to applicable law.
| Legal business name | |
| Authorised signatory | |
| Position | |
| Signature / electronic confirmation | |
| Date |
HMRC Excise Notice 2002: Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme (due-diligence and record-keeping requirements).
Sale of Goods Act 1979, including implied terms on satisfactory quality in business sales.
Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 and current GOV.UK guidance on statutory interest and recovery compensation.
Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977, including restrictions on excluding negligence liability.