Friends of the Farm | Red Wine - Field Blend 2025

1. Joining

• Membership starts once you've paid the £500 Joining Fee and paying the joining fee equates to accepting these Terms. The Joining Fee is not refundable, except under the 14-day cancellation right in section 8.
• Paying the Joining Fee does not, by itself, entitle you to any Wine excluding your first bottle. Wine is otherwise bought separately, as set out in section 3.
• Membership is capped at 200 people.
• You must be 18 or over to join or to buy Wine. We may ask for proof of age, and can refuse a sale if we reasonably believe you're under 18.

2. Benefits

• For as long as you're a Member, you get a permanent 20% Friend of the Farm Discount on Elvis & Kresse products, workshops, experiences and stays at New Barns Farm's Field House (Wine has its own discount, in section 3). Farm stays are subject to availability; how to book and any further terms will be published separately.
• You'll also get first access to new Wine releases and new Elvis & Kresse product designs ahead of general release, on a reasonable-efforts basis.

3. Buying Wine

• After each Harvest is bottled, we'll send all Members a Harvest Notice, telling you how much Wine is available, your resulting First Allocation, that vintage's price, and the purchase dates.
• Your First Allocation is the total Wine available divided equally among all Members at that time (rounded down to the nearest bottle), pooling every variety and colour together. You're not guaranteed an equal share of each variety or colour individually.
• You then have 4 weeks (the Purchase Window) to buy up to your First Allocation at 20% off the standard price.
• Anything unclaimed is re-offered to all Members for a further 2 weeks (the Re-offer Window), still at 20% off, with no limit on how much you can buy.
• Whatever's left after that will go on sale on the open market.
• You're never obliged to buy your allocation, and not buying doesn't affect your membership or any future allocation. If we later sell Wine you didn't buy, including on the open market, you have no claim to a share of the proceeds, a refund or any other compensation.

4. No reselling

You must not resell, or offer to resell, any Wine or any product bought with your Friend of the Farm Discount at a mark-up, whether commercially or otherwise. This is a serious breach, and we can end your membership immediately if you do.

5. The honest bit: risk

Farming is genuinely uncertain. Yield can be affected by frost, weather, pests, disease and other causes beyond our control. Your First Allocation could be smaller than expected, or nil, in any given year, and you're not entitled to any compensation for that.

6. Delivery and payment

Once you've paid in full, we'll arrange delivery or collection. Ownership of, and risk in, each bottle passes to you once you've paid and received it, and not before.

7. Duty and tax

We are responsible for all Wine Duty, VAT and other tax on every bottle we sell, including to Members, and we don't claim any duty relief or exemption on any of it. This isn't tax advice; take your own if you need it.

8. Your right to cancel

If you joined online, by phone or otherwise at a distance, you can cancel within 14 days of joining, no reason needed, under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013. Just tell us in writing. We'll refund your Joining Fee within 14 days, minus a fair amount for any Wine or farm visits you've already had. After the 14 days, the Joining Fee is not refundable.

9. Other things worth knowing

• You can't transfer your membership without our consent, though we won't unreasonably refuse this for a gift to a family member. 
• We can transfer these Terms if we sell the Vineyard or the Business.
• We may update these Terms. We'll give you reasonable notice of any change that affects your rights, and you can leave if you don't agree to it.
• Questions or complaints should be sent to support@elvisandkresse.com
• These Terms are governed by the law of England and Wales.