Store hours: December 2015

Store hours: December 2015

Wine Tree

From our house to yours: A Very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

Just a quick note to let you know that beyond our normal hours, we’ll be closed 12/24-12/26 and 12/31-1/1/16.

Black Friday 2015 special

Black Friday 2015 special

It’s our Black Friday 2015 special!

Black Friday 2015

Take advantage of our Black Friday 2015 special. If you purchase a gift certificate of $150 (or more), we’ll give you a free double hinged waiter’s corkscrew bottle opener to include under the tree with your gift certificate!

Waiter's corkscrew

Act now, it’s a short term opportunity – 11/27/15-11/28/15!

Also, we’re extending our Wine Cooler Sale. Get any of our Lt. Blender’s wine freezers for 25% off! They’re not only great for a summer day at the beach, but they’re great at holiday parties too! On sale now, try serving the Peach Bellini or a Sangria during this year’s festivities! (While supplies last.)

Store hours: Sept 5th

Store hours: Sept 5th

Labor Day

Just a quick note to let you know that we’ll be closed Saturday, Sept 5th.

Enjoy your Labor Day weekend, (while we get our parking lot re-sealed)!

 

Glögg

Glögg

Glögg

Glögg

Glögg = A Swedish/Scandanavian mulled wine drink.

Brought to us by one of our Continuing Education participants (no names, we promised!), how about a glass of Glögg this fall/winter?

A delicious, warm port wine based drink, the warmth and spices bring the heat on a cold night. (Be sure to serve the raisins too!)  

You can find all of our recipes on our recipes page.

Vin chaud 2” by Clément Petit – originally posted to Flickr as Un bon verre de vin chaud. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Commons.

Valentine’s Day is Coming!

Valentine’s Day is Coming!

Looking for something to do on Valentine’s Day?

Why not spend part of your night making 28-30 bottles of your very own delicious wine? We can help!

Now, through February 14, 2015, Wines By Design will offer $20 off every kit you start.

Join us for an evening out (with your special someone) and we’ll reward you with $20, plus an evening of fun and enjoyment!

Need an idea for a gift?

Consider a Wines By Design gift certificate for wine-making. A gift that keeps on giving, we can help you to create your very own wine!

Want a night out with your special someone?

Extend your special night to another 4 nights! Make them “date nights”! Bring friends! In four steps, we can help you to choose and create your special wine, rack, filter and finally bottle wine which you create yourself. (And on the last night, make it extra special by bringing in snacks and staying a while…)

Want to make it last even LONGER?

WHAT? You’ve just made almost 30 bottles of wine! But, if you still want more, we’ve got that covered too… Once you are done with your wine, wondering what’s next? Check out this cute project you can do after you’ve finished your memorable wine.

Start saving those corks!

Project link (courtesy of The Corner Apartment)
Valentine's Day

Privacy Statement 2

PRIVACY STATEMENT


SECTION 1 – WHAT DO WE DO WITH YOUR INFORMATION?

When you purchase something from our store, as part of the buying and selling process, we collect the personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address.

When you browse our store, we also automatically receive your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address in order to provide us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system.

Email marketing (if applicable): With your permission, we may send you emails about our store, new products and other updates.

SECTION 2 – CONSENT

How do you get my consent?

When you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, verify your credit card, place an order, arrange for a delivery or return a purchase, we imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only.

If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, like marketing, we will either ask you directly for your expressed consent, or provide you with an opportunity to say no.

How do I withdraw my consent?

If after you opt-in, you change your mind, you may withdraw your consent for us to contact you, for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your information, at anytime, by contacting us at [email protected] or mailing us at: Wines By Design 1424 Buffalo Rd Rochester New York USA 14559

SECTION 3 – DISCLOSURE

We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our Terms of Service.

SECTION 4 – SHOPIFY

Our store is hosted on Shopify Inc. They provide us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you.

Your data is stored through Shopify’s data storage, databases and the general Shopify application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall.

Payment:

If you choose a direct payment gateway to complete your purchase, then Shopify stores your credit card data. It is encrypted through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as is necessary to complete your purchase transaction. After that is complete, your purchase transaction information is deleted.

All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover.

PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.

For more insight, you may also want to read Shopify’s Terms of Service here or Privacy Statement here.

SECTION 5 – THIRD-PARTY SERVICES

In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us.

However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions.

For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers.

In particular, remember that certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located a different jurisdiction than either you or us. So if you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located.

As an example, if you are located in Canada and your transaction is processed by a payment gateway located in the United States, then your personal information used in completing that transaction may be subject to disclosure under United States legislation, including the Patriot Act.

Once you leave our store’s website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website’s Terms of Service.

Links

When you click on links on our store, they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.

SECTION 6 – SECURITY

To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.

If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL) and stored with a AES-256 encryption. Although no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards.

SECTION 7 – COOKIES

Here is a list of cookies that we use. We’ve listed them here so you that you can choose if you want to opt-out of cookies or not.

_session_id, unique token, sessional, Allows Shopify to store information about your session (referrer, landing page, etc).

_shopify_visit, no data held, Persistent for 30 minutes from the last visit, Used by our website provider’s internal stats tracker to record the number of visits

_shopify_uniq, no data held, expires midnight (relative to the visitor) of the next day, Counts the number of visits to a store by a single customer.

cart, unique token, persistent for 2 weeks, Stores information about the contents of your cart.

_secure_session_id, unique token, sessional

storefront_digest, unique token, indefinite If the shop has a password, this is used to determine if the current visitor has access.

SECTION 8 – AGE OF CONSENT

By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.

SECTION 9 – CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.

If our store is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to you.

QUESTIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION

If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information contact our Privacy Compliance Officer at [email protected] or by mail at Wines By Design

[Re: Privacy Compliance Officer]

[1424 Buffalo Rd Rochester New York USA 14559]