Chateau Ste Michelle Concerts at the Chateau
Sweepstakes
Official
Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
TO ENTER OR WIN. MAKING A PURCHASE DOES
NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING. THE
FOLLOWING SWEEPSTAKES IS VALID ONLY IN THE STATES OF OREGON
(“OR") OR WASHINGTON (“WA”), AND IS OPEN ONLY TO QUALIFIED PERSONS (AS
DEFINED IN THE RULES BELOW). VOID
ELSEWHERE AND WHEREVER PROHIBITED. BY
PARTICIPATING IN THIS SWEEPSTAKES, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE OFFICIAL
RULES AND THE DECISIONS OF SPONSOR AND ADMINISTRATOR. DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE SWEEPSTAKES IF YOU
DO NOT AGREE TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND FALL WITHIN THE ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS AS SET FORTH BELOW.
Sweepstakes
Name: Chateau Ste Michelle Concerts at
the Chateau Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”).
Sweepstakes Dates: Registration begins at 12:00:01am Pacific
Time (“PT”) on 5/1/2026 and ends at
11:59:59pm PT on 6/30/2026 (the
“Registration Period”). The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable
federal, state and local laws and regulations.
Void outside of OR and WA, and wherever restricted or prohibited by law.
Who may Enter: Sweepstakes is open only to legal U.S. residents
of OR or WA, who are age 21 or older as of date of
entry, and have a valid driver’s license or government issued photo ID, except
the following persons who are not eligible to enter, participate or win:
(a)
Employees,
officers, and directors of Ste. Michelle
Wine Estates LLC (“Sponsor”), Million Dollar Media (the “Sweepstakes
Administrator”), each of their respective franchisees, parents,
affiliated companies, subsidiaries, contractors, distributors or wholesalers,
printers, advertising and promotion agencies, and any and all other companies
associated with the design or execution of this promotion, or any employees,
officers, directors, members, shareholders, agents, or advertising or
promotional agency of any alcohol-beverage retailers, distributors, wholesalers,
manufacturers, or any state alcohol commission (collectively, “Released
Parties”), and the members of the immediate families or households, whether or
not related, of any of the above. “Immediate family members” includes, for
purposes of this promotion, parents (including in-laws), grandparents, siblings
(including step-siblings), children (including step-children), grandchildren
(including step grandchildren) and each of their respective spouses, regardless
of where they reside.
How to Enter –
Online Registration: To enter, scan the QR Code on
the applicable point of sale material using your mobile device’s camera or
directly visit www.ConcertsAtTheChateau.com during the “Registration Period”. Each entrant must fully complete the online
registration page with all required information including his/her name, valid
email address, phone number (including
area code), state of residence, and date of birth. After having read and agreed to these
Official Rules, click the submit button to submit your online entry. All online entries
must be fully complete for all required information and must be received by
11:59pm PT on 6/30/2026 to be
eligible.
Proof of scanning QR codes does not constitute proof of completion
or submission of an Entry. To scan a QR
code, participants must have a smart phone or other web-enabled device with a
camera feature and QR scanner application and may incur data charges from their
wireless service provider. If you do not
have a QR reader already installed on your phone type “QR reader” in your
mobile device’s application store search field to find available QR readers for
your smart phone or other web-enabled device.
You will receive a response which will contain a link to download a QR
reader for your specific device. Data or
other rates may apply. Check with your wireless provider for details on these
and other applicable charges.
Participants are solely responsible for any such wireless charges. Not all wireless carriers participate.
All information submitted by Participant is subject to and will be
treated in a manner consistent with Sponsor’s Privacy Policy accessible at https://www.ste-michelle.com/privacy.
By participating in the Sweepstakes, Participant hereby agrees that Sponsor may
collect and use their personal information, as detailed in the Privacy Policy,
and acknowledges and agrees that they have read and accepted Sponsor’s Privacy
Policy. All entries become the property
of Sponsor and will not be returned to entrant.
Every entry submission must be manually keystroked and manually entered
by the individual entrant; automated and/or repetitive electronic submission of
entries (including but not limited to entries made using any script, macro, bot
or sweepstakes service) will be disqualified and transmissions from these or
related phone numbers may be blocked.
Any available
opt-in opportunities are not required to enter the Sweepstakes,
and opting-in will not improve your chances of winning. By participating and submitting an entry, entrant agrees that Sponsor
and participating parties are authorized to contact entrant via email, text,
mail, phone or any other form of media to make entrants aware of information
pertinent to the Sweepstakes, and to distribute information regarding the
Sponsor(s) featured products, special events or future sweepstakes, contests,
promotions or offers. Entrants may
opt-out of any further email communication at any time by simply replying
REMOVE to any email message, or following the provided opt-out instructions.
Maximum of one entry per
person or email address for the entire Registration Period. Any incomplete or illegible entries will
be disqualified. Any entry submitted with an invalid email address or other inaccurate,
incomplete, false or incorrect information will be disqualified. Released Parties are not responsible
for lost, late, misdirected, illegible, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible,
damaged entries, or for entries submitted in a manner that is not expressly
allowed under these rules, or for any entry not
submitted or received due to any technical error or failure, unauthorized human
intervention, inaccurate capture or mis-entry of any required information, or
the failure to capture any such information for any reason including
programming or technical errors, or effects of hackers or failure of any
electronic equipment, computer or cellular transmissions and/or network
connections; all of which will be disqualified.
Each
entrant must submit an entry on his/her own behalf. Any entry submitted on behalf of another
individual or using another person’s email address, name or mobile number will
be disqualified and ineligible to claim any prize. Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more
than the stated number of entries allowed by using same, multiple/different
email addresses, mobile numbers, identities, or any other methods void that
entrant's entries and that entrant may be disqualified. No mechanically reproduced or automated
entries permitted. Use of any automated
system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification and all
such entries will be deemed void. All
entries received become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned.
In
the event of a dispute as to any online registration, the authorized account
holder of the email address used to register will be deemed to be the
registrant and he/she must be eligible according to these Official Rules. The “authorized email account holder” is the
natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online
service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email
addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address.
By
registering to enter the Sweepstakes, you affirm that you have read and
accepted these Official Sweepstakes Rules.
All entrants agree to be bound
by and abide by the official rules of the Sweepstakes.
Winner Selection and
Notification (maximum 1 grand prize winner): Sponsor will conduct a prize drawing on or about 7/1/2026 from among
all eligible entries received to randomly select one (1) potential grand prize
winner.
If
eligible entries are fewer than the scheduled number of prizes available, then
associated prize award(s) shall not be awarded for that drawing.
Potential
winner will be notified initially by phone and/or email following their
selection. If the Administrator is
unsuccessful in its attempt to reach and speak directly with the selected
potential prize winner by phone within 48-hours of the initial notification
attempt to the phone number and/or email address associated with that entrant’s
entry, then that entrant may be disqualified and an alternate potential winner
may be randomly selected from among the remaining eligible entries and notified
as per the procedures outlined above (time permitting).
• Note: phone messages will not
be left during the winner notification process.
During
winner notification, the selected potential winner must confirm their
eligibility, and indicate their willingness and ability to accept the
prize. The potential winner will then
receive official notification via email delivery, including prize acceptance
documents which must be completed and returned per the provided instructions
and as outlined below. If any selected
winner does not meet the eligibility requirements, or is unable or unwilling to
accept the prize, elects to decline the prize or fails to return the required
prize acceptance documents within the required time frame, s/he will be
disqualified and, at Sponsor’s discretion and time permitting, an alternate
winner will be randomly selected from among all remaining eligible entries and
notified as per the procedures outlined above.
Any disqualified entrant will not receive any alternate prize
substitution or compensation. Decisions
of the Administrator in the selection and determination of the winners and all
matters relating to this Sweepstakes are final and binding.
All
of the following will apply to the potential winner: 1) winner will be required
to complete and return, within 3-days of date of receipt, a prize acceptance
form, including an affidavit of eligibility and a liability/publicity release
(where permitted) and a W-9 form in order to be eligible to claim the prize
(for prizes valued over $2,000); 2) winner may be required to present a copy of
a valid driver’s license or government issued photo ID with valid residential
address and a copy of a valid social security card as a condition of receiving
the prize, and (3) winner shall be solely responding for paying all applicable
taxes (including, but not limited to, all local, state and federal taxes) that
may be or become due in connection with their respective prize award, and
winner shall be issued a 1099 form reflecting the value of the prize award.
Grand Prize Award
(maximum 1 prize award): The eligible entrant designated as the
grand prize winner shall be awarded four (4) VIP tickets to a
Sponsor-designated event at the Chateau Ste Michelle Winery concert venue in Woodinville,
WA; and, one (1) $100 gift card toward ground transportation. The grand prize has an approximate retail
value (“ARV”) of $500.
Tickets
are subject to availability, venue capacity, age, and artist restrictions.
Selection of event date, ticket type and/or concert seat location is solely
within Sponsor’s discretion. Tickets to
a specific event are not guaranteed, are not transferrable, and tickets cannot
be exchanged for another event once an event has been selected and
awarded. Actual ticket value, type,
entry level, and delivery method based upon availability and as solely determined
and designated by Sponsor. Tickets award
must be redeemed to attend a concert that takes place on or prior to 12/31/2026,
unless otherwise designated by Sponsor.
Gift card is solely determined and designated by Sponsor, and is subject
to the terms and conditions, including any expiration, of the gift card
provider policy.
No other costs or expenses are included
with prize award, including any associated transportation (including without
limitation, air transportation or mileage reimbursement), parking costs,
accommodations, or incidental expenses.
Each event ticket and admittance to event is subject to the terms and
conditions and policy and procedures and rules of conduct of the hosting venue,
including admittance policy (and any COVID-19 testing and/or vaccination
requirements). Winners and their guests
must be at least twenty-one (21) years old and agree to comply with all
applicable venue and event regulations in connection with the prize. Sponsor and venue management (collectively
“Event Parties”) reserve the right to revoke full or partial prize from winner
or winner’s guest who they and/or venue personnel deem may, in their sole
discretion, be intoxicated, be a safety risk, have violated any venue policy or
law, and/or may bring Event Parties into disrepute. Event Parties reserve the right to remove or
deny entry to any winner and/or his/her guest who do not comply with any rule,
requirement, instruction, policy, or who engage in a disruptive manner, or with
intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person.
Event dates and times are determined in the sole discretion of the
event management and/or the venue, as applicable, and may be subject to change.
The terms and conditions of the tickets awarded as a prize will govern in the
event any event is postponed, rescheduled, cancelled, or attendance is
restricted or prohibited due to weather, pandemic, an Act of God, an act of
terrorism, civil disturbance, work stoppage or any other reason. Sponsor will
not be responsible for any concert date delay, rescheduling, postponement or
cancellation due to weather, pandemic, Acts of God, acts of terrorism, civil
disturbances, work stoppage or any other reason that may cause the cancellation
or postponement of the event. No substitute prize award or
compensation shall be provided by Sponsor due to any event date delay,
postponement, rescheduling or cancellation for any reason.
Winner and guest(s) shall be solely responsible for
their behavior while in attendance at any event, must follow the instructions
of Event Parties’ policies and directions from any associated staff or
security. If winner or guest(s) violates
the standards of the Event Parties, behaves in an inappropriate, irresponsible
or offensive manner, or is deemed by staff or security to have violated any
policy of the event management or venue including any related to COVID-19, or
to be a security threat in any manner, the winner and guest shall be ejected
from the event and venue, and shall immediately forfeit the prize award.
Tickets and Gift Card delivery method is at sole
discretion of Sponsor which will be either sent to winner by mail, email,
mobile ticketing or placed at venue Will Call the day of event under the
winner’s name. Winner is solely responsible for any required software
application for access to mobile ticket delivery. Winner must be present to pick up tickets and
a valid photo ID will be required if tickets are placed at Will Call. Event
tickets are subject to age restrictions.
Resale of tickets is prohibited.
Event and venue management reserve the right to revoke full or partial
prize from any winner or winner’s guest who it or event/venue personnel deem
may, in its sole discretion, be intoxicated, be a safety risk, have violated
any event/venue policy or law, or may bring event or venue management into
disrepute. By claiming tickets, you agree to the Terms of Use associated with
the event tickets, and to abide by the health and safety measures in effect at
the time of the event, which may include, without limitation, wearing masks,
providing proof of vaccination status and/or providing proof of negative
COVID-19 test administered by an approved facility. Should the event be
cancelled, you will be notified as soon as reasonably possible.
Prize
winner must accept prize and delivery of prize in the method as solely
determined and designated by Sponsor.
Prize shall be emailed or shipped only to the designated winner email
address given at the time of registration or to the residential address as
submitted during initial online registration and/or as provided during winner
notification, via the carrier as determined and designated by Sponsor (i.e.
UPS, USPS or other Sponsor designated carrier), or as otherwise specified by
Sponsor. Allow 8 – 12 weeks for prize delivery.
Once
emailed or shipped, prize shall be considered as awarded and delivered, and
Sponsor shall not be responsible for actual receipt of delivery by winner. Sponsor shall not be responsible for any
lost, late, undelivered, misdirected, damaged or stolen delivery; or any
incorrect delivery address provided by winner during registration or prize
claim. In the event of any delivery
issues, including undelivered, misdirected, lost or stolen deliveries, Sponsor
shall have no responsibility to replace the prize award, and prize award shall
not be substituted by Sponsor with any alternate prize award or
compensation. Winner shall look solely
to designated shipper/carrier for any lost, damaged, stolen or mis-delivered
packages and not to Sponsor for any delivery issues.
General
Prize Conditions: NOTE: No alcoholic beverage is part of any prize
award. All other costs and expenses
related to prize acceptance, delivery, redemption or use not specified herein
as being provided are the sole responsibility of winner. All income, federal, state and local taxes are
the winner’s sole responsibility. All
prize awards are non-transferable and no cash redemption or prize substitution
allowed, except at Sponsor’s sole discretion or as provided herein. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a
prize with one of comparable or greater value, at its sole discretion. All prizes are awarded as is, without
any warranty, express or implied, by Sponsor.
Failure to collect or properly claim prize in accordance with these
rules will result in forfeiture of the prize.
If forfeited for any reason, entrant will not receive any other prize
substitution or compensation, and the
prize will remain the property of Sponsor and will not be awarded, except as
provided herein. All properly claimed prizes will be awarded. Any unclaimed prizes will not be
awarded. Total ARV of all available
prizes: $500.
Additional Rules &
Restrictions: By participating, entrants agree to
abide by and be bound by the Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor
and Administrator, which shall be final in all matters relating to this Sweepstakes. In the event an entrant wins a prize, and is
later found to be in violation of these rules he/she will be required to
forfeit the prize or to reimburse Sponsor for the stated value of the prize if
such violation is discovered after winner has used the prize. Participation in this
Sweepstakes constitutes permission for the Sponsor and its designees to use
entrants’ names, cities, counties, and states of residence and/or likenesses
for purposes of advertising and trade in any and all media now or hereafter
known worldwide on perpetuity without limitation or further compensation,
notification or permission, unless prohibited by law. False, fraudulent or deceptive entries or
acts shall render entrants ineligible for any prize.
By
participating, entrants agree to release, discharge, indemnify, defend, and hold
all Released Parties harmless from any claims, losses, actions, or damages of
any kind, whether actual, incidental or consequential, for injury (including
but not limited to death), damages, losses or expenses arising out of or
relating to entrant’s participation in this Sweepstakes, or the acceptance,
possession or use/misuse of any prize, or participation in prize-related
activities (including but not limited to travel or activity related thereto),
and to assume all liability therefor.
Released
Parties shall not be liable to winner or any other person for failure to supply
the prize or any part thereof by reason of any acts of God, pandemics, any
actions, regulations, orders, or requests by any governmental entity, equipment
failure, terrorist acts, war, fire, unusually severe weather, embargo, labor
dispute or strike, labor or material shortage, transportation interruption of
any kind, or any other cause beyond Released Parties’ sole control.
Entrants
are restricted to use of ordinary and typical computer equipment, mobile phone
equipment, Internet access and cellular networks. Sponsor disclaims all
liability for the inability of an entrant to complete or continue an entry due
to equipment malfunction, busy lines, inadvertent disconnections, acts beyond
the Sponsor’s control, or otherwise. The Sponsor disclaims any liability for
entries not received due to technical difficulties or transmission errors. The
Sponsor disclaims all liability for any delays, mis-delivery, loss, or failure
in the delivery of any item sent by mail, courier, express, electronic
transmission, or other delivery method.
Released Parties are not responsible for mechanical, technical, electronic,
communications, telephone, computer, hardware or software errors, malfunctions
or failures of any kind, including: failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed
transmission of online entries, traffic congestion on telephone lines, the
Internet or at any website or lost or unavailable network connections which may
limit an online entrant's ability to participate in the Sweepstakes, and any
injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer or mobile phone
related to or resulting from participating in or downloading any information
necessary to participate in the Sweepstakes.
Released Parties are not responsible for any other errors of any kind,
whether computer, technical, typographical, printing, human or otherwise,
relating to or in connection with the Sweepstakes, including, without
limitations, errors which may occur in connection with the printing or
advertising of this Sweepstakes, administration or execution of the Sweepstakes,
the cancellation of the Sweepstakes, the processing of entries or in the
announcement of the prizes or prize winners.
Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any
person tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes website.
Sponsor
reserves the right to cancel, modify, reschedule or terminate the Sweepstakes for
any reason including, but not limited to acts of God, pandemics, force majeure,
government regulatory action or ruling,
fraud, misconduct, or if any technical failures destroy or threaten the
integrity of the Sweepstakes, in the opinion of the Sponsor/Administrator, or
if a computer virus, bug, or other technical problem corrupts the
administration, security, or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes as determined by
Sponsor/Administrator, in their sole discretion. In the event of early
termination of the Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right to determine prize
winners in a random drawing from among all eligible, non-suspect entries
received as of the time/date of such termination.
IN CASE OF DISPUTES: By
participating, each entrant agrees that (1) any and all disputes, claims, and
causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Sweepstakes, or any
prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of
class action, and any judicial proceeding shall take place in a federal or
state court within the State of Washington; (2) any and all claims, judgments,
and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including
costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes, and in no event will entrant
be entitled to received attorneys' fees or other legal costs; and (3) under no
circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant
hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, and consequential
damages, and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses,
and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All
issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and
enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of
entrant and Sponsor in connection with this Sweepstakes, shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington, without
giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions
(whether of the State of Washington or any other jurisdiction), that would
cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Washington.
Odds: Odds
of being selected as the grand prize winner are dependent upon the total number
of eligible entries received.
Official Rules &
Winners List: For a copy of these Official Rules, or the
name of prize winners, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to be received by
8/15/2026 to: Chateau Ste Michelle Concerts at the Chateau Sweepstakes, c/o
Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge, NJ 07095. PLEASE SPECIFY which you are requesting,
official rules or winners list.
Sponsor:
This Sweepstakes is sponsored by Ste. Michelle Wine Estates LLC, 14111
NE 145th Street, Woodinville, WA, 98072.
Sweepstakes Administrator:
The Sweepstakes is administered by Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278,
Woodbridge, NJ 07095.