Chateau Ste. Michelle New Year New You
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 CALIFORNIA, 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 New Year
New You Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”).
Sweepstakes Dates: Registration begins at 12:00:01am Pacific
Time (“PT”) on 1/4/2026 and ends at
11:59:59pm PT on 2/28/2026 (the
“Registration Period”). The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable
federal, state and local laws and regulations.
Void outside of California, and wherever restricted or prohibited by law.
Who may Enter: Sweepstakes is open only to legal U.S. residents
of California, 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.CSMNewYearNewYou.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 2/28/2026 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 per day. 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): On or about 3/2/2026, Sponsor will
conduct a drawing from among all eligible entries received to randomly select a
maximum of 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.
The
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).
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 each potential winner: 1) winner will be
required to complete and return, within 48-hours
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; 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 one (1) indoor rowing machine with an approximate
retail value (“ARV”) of $1,500. Actual
make, model, size, and style of prize award as solely determined and designated
by Sponsor, subject to availability.
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: $1,500.
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 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
4/15/2026 to: Chateau Ste. Michelle New Year New You 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.