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Wine & Music Pairing Contest


1. HOW TO ENTER:
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. Visit www.WineEnthusiast.com/Music (“Site”) and complete and transmit the online entry form by describing what type of wine he or she would pair with the song featured on the Site during that Contest Week, as defined below, no later than 11:59:59 a.m. EDT each Tuesday from 7/28/09 through 10/6/09 (“Contest Period”). During the Contest Period, entrants may enter the Weekly Competition, as defined below, from any Tuesday at 12:00 p.m. to the following Tuesday at 11:59:59 a.m. (“Contest Week”). Each Tuesday following each Contest Week, a winner will be selected from the eligible entries received during that Contest Week i competition (“Weekly Competition”). Limit one (1) entry per person or email address per Weekly Competition. No mechanically reproduced entries, alterations, facsimiles or forged entries. All Contest submissions become the sole and exclusive property of Wine Enthusiast Companies and Sony Music Entertainment (“Sponsors”) and receipt of entries will not be acknowledged or returned. Sponsors are not responsible for technical, hardware or software malfunctions, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incorrect, inaccurate, incomplete, garbled or delayed electronic or other communications or transmission and/or other computer error. Sponsors, in their sole discretion, reserve the right to disqualify any person who tampers with the entry process or the operation of the web site, or who otherwise violates these rules. Wine Enthusiast reserves the right to modify scheduling of the Contest without prior notice.

Winners will be selected based on their entries’ originality (50%) and expressiveness (50%) by a member or members of the staff of Wine Enthusiast (the “Judge(s)”). All decisions of the Judge(s) are final and binding. In case of duplication the entry with the earliest email submission date will be declared the winner.

2. Start/End Times. Contest begins on July 28, 2009 and ends at 11:59 a.m. ET on October 6, 2009.

3. ELIGIBILITY: Participation open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia (excluding its territories and possessions) who are 21 years or older as of the date of entry. Void in the State of Rhode Island. Employees, officers and directors and their immediate family members (mother, father, sister, brother, son, daughter and spouse) or members of the same household (whether related or not) of Wine Enthusiast Companies and/or Sony Music Entertainment (“Sponsors”) are NOT ELIGIBLE to enter. Limited to one prize per person.

4. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW: This Contest is void in the State of Rhode Island and wherever prohibited, taxed or restricted by law and is subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations.

5. PRIZES: One (1) Grand Prize will be awarded after each Weekly Competition, for a total of 10 Grand Prizes, consisting of: one Wine Enthusiast Gift Certificate (Approximate Retail Value (ARV): $100.00) and one (1) Sony Music Grand Prize Pack, which will include the ten (10) CDs featured during the Contest (Approximate Retail Value (ARV): $250.00). Two (2) First Place prizes will be awarded after each Weekly Competition, for a total of 20 First Place Prizes consist of one Wine Enthusiast Gift Certificate (Approximate Retail Value (ARV): $25.00) and the featured weekly Sony Music CD (Approximate Retail Value (ARV): $25.00).

Total approximate retail value of all prizes combined: $4,500.00. Prizes are non-transferable. No substitutions or cash redemptions. In the case of unavailability of any prize, Sponsors reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value.

6. NOTIFICATION: Winners will be notified via e-mail and may be required to sign and return, where legal, an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release within seven (7) days of prize notification. If any winner cannot be contacted by email within five (5) calendar days of first notification attempt, if any prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, or in the event of noncompliance with these Contest rules and requirements, such prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected from all remaining eligible entries. Upon prize forfeiture, no compensation will be given. The prize winners’ names will be posted on our site at www.wineenthusiast.com.

7. USE OF DATA: Sponsors will be collecting personal data about entrants online, in accordance with its privacy policy. Please review the Sponsors privacy policy at http://www.wineenthusiast.com/Services/privacy.asp and www.sonymusic.com/privacy. By participating in the Contest, entrants hereby agree to Sponsors’ collection and usage of their personal information and acknowledge that they have read and accepted Sponsors’ privacy policy.

8. CONDITIONS: By participating, entrants and winners agree to release and hold harmless Sponsors, their advertising and promotion agencies and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, representatives, agents, successors, assigns, employees, officers and directors, from any and all liability, for loss, harm, damage, injury, cost or expense whatsoever including without limitation, property damage, personal injury and/or death which may occur in connection with, participation in Contest, or possession, acceptance and/or use or misuse of prize or participation in any Contest-related activity and for any claims based on publicity rights, defamation or invasion of privacy and merchandise delivery. Sponsors are not responsible if Contest cannot take place or if any prize cannot be awarded due to delays or interruptions due to acts of God, acts of war, natural disasters, weather, acts of terrorism or other event outside the reasonable control of Sponsors. Further, Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to cancel or suspend this Contest should virus, bugs or other causes beyond the control of Sponsors corrupt the administration, security or proper play of the Contest. Any claims relating to this Contest shall be governed by New York law without regard to its conflict of law, rules, and any such claim must be heard in New York. Taxes, and shipping, handling and delivery fees, if any, are the sole responsibility of the prize winner. Participation in Contest and acceptance of prize constitutes each winner’s permission for Sponsors s to use of his/her name, address (city and state), email address, photograph, biographical information, likeness and/or statements made by each winner regarding the Contest or Sponsors s for advertising and future promotional purposes without notice or additional compensation (except where prohibited by law). This Contest is subject to these complete and official rules and by entering each participant accepts and agrees to these rules. Entrants who do not comply with these Official Rules or attempt to interfere with this Contest in any way shall be disqualified.

9. LIST OF WINNERS. To obtain a list of winners, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope by December 31, 2009 to: Wine Enthusiast Contest Competition, 333 North Bedford Road, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549.

10. SPONSORS. Wine Enthusiast Companies, 333 North Bedford Road, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549 and Sony Music Entertainment, 550 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022.
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