TERMS & CONDITIONS

Effective Date: October 2, 2026

These Terms & Conditions govern your use of www.thehightaste.com and any products, publications, preorders, events, experiences, registrations, marketing programs, or transactions that expressly link to these Terms.

The website is operated by The High Taste (“High Taste,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).

By accessing or using this website, making a purchase, placing a preorder, registering for an event, joining a mailing or SMS list, or otherwise using an offering governed by these Terms, you agree to these Terms.

Additional terms may apply to particular products, editions, events, experiences, promotions, or services. If specific terms presented for an offering conflict with these general Terms, the more specific terms control for that offering.

1. About High Taste

High Taste is a premium wine, food, culture, hospitality, publishing, and experience company.

High Taste offerings may include:

  • Haute Pairings, including books, collector editions, numbered editions, publishing products, preorders, and related cultural intellectual property;

  • private dinners, tastings, and invitation-only experiences;

  • wine, food, hospitality, publishing, and cultural events;

  • collaborations and experiences with participating brands, chefs, venues, wineries, artists, and other partners; and

  • other products, publications, experiences, and offerings identified through High Taste.

The availability, format, pricing, features, schedule, and structure of offerings may change over time.

2. Eligibility

You must have the legal capacity to enter into a binding agreement to make a purchase, place a preorder, or register for a paid experience.

High Taste's alcohol-related events and experiences are intended for adults 21 years of age or older.

Valid government-issued identification may be required for admission or alcohol service.

High Taste, participating venues, caterers, wineries, restaurants, or other authorized providers may refuse or discontinue alcohol service where required or permitted by law.

3. Purchases

Before completing a purchase, you are responsible for reviewing the material terms presented for the applicable product or offering, including:

  • product or edition description;

  • price;

  • preorder status, if applicable;

  • estimated fulfillment information;

  • shipping treatment;

  • applicable taxes;

  • final-sale status;

  • cancellation rights;

  • event restrictions; and

  • other material conditions shown before checkout.

Prices are stated in the currency identified in the applicable offer.

Applicable shipping charges and taxes are additional unless the offer expressly states that they are included.

4. Order Acceptance

Submitting an order does not necessarily mean the order has been finally accepted.

High Taste may cancel, decline, or correct an order where reasonably necessary because of:

  • an obvious pricing or listing error;

  • product unavailability;

  • production limitations;

  • suspected fraud;

  • unauthorized payment;

  • legal restrictions;

  • inability to fulfill the transaction; or

  • another legitimate operational reason.

If High Taste cancels an order after payment has been collected, we will issue the refund required by applicable law.

5. Haute Pairings

Haute Pairings is a High Taste publishing and cultural-property offering that may include physical books, collector editions, numbered editions, limited releases, special packaging, and related materials.

The applicable product page controls regarding:

  • edition;

  • format;

  • inclusions;

  • price;

  • numbering;

  • production details;

  • quantity limitations;

  • estimated fulfillment;

  • shipping;

  • taxes; and

  • any edition-specific conditions.

6. Haute Pairings Preorders

Haute Pairings may be sold before an edition is ready for ordinary shipment.

A preorder is therefore a purchase for future fulfillment and is not an immediate-shipment purchase.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, the full purchase price is charged when the preorder is placed.

The applicable product page will provide the estimated fulfillment or shipping information reasonably available at the time of purchase.

Estimated fulfillment dates or ranges are estimates unless expressly stated as guaranteed.

Production schedules may be affected by printing, binding, materials, manufacturing, freight, quality control, suppliers, or other operational circumstances.

If High Taste becomes unable to ship within a timeframe promised at purchase, we will provide any delay notice, consent request, cancellation option, or refund required by applicable law.

7. Preorder Cancellation

A Haute Pairings preorder may be canceled only before the applicable edition enters publication or final production.

Once an edition has entered publication or final production, the order becomes final sale and cannot be canceled for a change of mind, except where applicable law requires otherwise.

If High Taste cancels an edition or determines that it cannot fulfill the preorder, the customer will receive the refund required by law.

8. Shipping Charges for Preorders

Shipping is not included in the Haute Pairings preorder price unless the applicable offer expressly states otherwise.

For Haute Pairings preorders, shipping charges are collected separately when the order is ready to ship.

Applicable taxes may also be calculated or collected at that stage where appropriate and permitted.

Before shipment, High Taste may contact the customer to:

  • confirm the shipping address;

  • provide the applicable shipping amount;

  • collect properly disclosed shipping charges;

  • collect applicable taxes; and

  • obtain other information reasonably necessary to complete fulfillment.

Customers should not place a preorder unless they agree to this shipping and tax structure.

9. Shipping Destinations

High Taste currently ships physical products only within the 50 United States and the District of Columbia.

High Taste does not currently ship:

  • internationally;

  • to U.S. territories;

  • to APO, FPO, or DPO addresses; or

  • to freight-forwarding addresses,

unless High Taste expressly approves the shipment in writing.

Shipping availability may change prospectively.

10. Address Accuracy

Customers are responsible for providing a complete and accurate shipping address.

Because a preorder may be fulfilled after a significant period of time, customers should notify High Taste promptly if their address changes before shipment.

High Taste may contact preorder customers before shipment to confirm delivery information.

We cannot guarantee that an address can be changed after an order has entered final fulfillment or has been transferred to a carrier.

11. Limited and Numbered Editions

Where an edition is advertised as limited, numbered, or collectible, the applicable representation will reflect the edition being offered.

The Founding Collector Edition of Haute Pairings is limited to 300 numbered copies.

The applicable product page controls regarding exact inclusions and edition details.

Purchasing a limited or numbered edition does not guarantee:

  • future resale value;

  • investment value;

  • appreciation;

  • secondary-market demand; or

  • future scarcity.

High Taste products are sold as consumer products and cultural works, not financial investments.

12. Product Images and Production Variations

Product photographs, mockups, renderings, samples, or prototypes may represent the intended appearance of an item.

Reasonable production variations may occur in areas such as:

  • color;

  • printing;

  • paper;

  • binding;

  • materials;

  • dimensions;

  • packaging; or

  • other nonessential production characteristics.

High Taste will not intentionally substitute a materially different core product or materially reduce specifically promised features without providing appropriate notice and any remedy required by law.

13. Final Sale

All Haute Pairings purchases are final sale, including preorders, standard editions, collector editions, numbered editions, and limited editions, once any applicable preorder cancellation period has ended.

Final-sale products are not returnable or refundable for:

  • change of mind;

  • buyer's remorse;

  • preference;

  • failure to use the product; or

  • similar discretionary reasons.

Final-sale status does not eliminate rights that cannot legally be waived, including applicable remedies for:

  • non-delivery;

  • products damaged in transit;

  • defective products;

  • incorrect products; or

  • products materially different from what was ordered.

14. Damaged, Defective, or Incorrect Orders

If a physical product arrives damaged, defective, or materially incorrect, contact High Taste within 72 hours after delivery.

Please provide:

  • your name;

  • order number;

  • description of the issue; and

  • photographs of the product and packaging where reasonably useful.

High Taste may require reasonable documentation to evaluate the claim.

Where appropriate, High Taste may provide a replacement, refund, or other legally required remedy.

The 72-hour reporting period does not eliminate rights that applicable law does not permit us to restrict.

15. Shipping and Carrier Delivery

Fulfillment time and carrier transit time are separate.

Once an order has been transferred to the carrier, estimated transit times may vary because of:

  • weather;

  • carrier operations;

  • seasonal demand;

  • transportation disruption;

  • natural disasters;

  • emergencies; or

  • other circumstances outside High Taste's reasonable control.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, delivery dates are estimates and are not guaranteed.

Nothing in this section limits rights available under applicable law for merchandise that is not shipped or delivered as required.

16. Events and Experiences

High Taste may directly produce or host private dinners, tastings, cultural experiences, hospitality events, and other programming.

High Taste may also produce events in collaboration with participating brands, venues, chefs, wineries, restaurants, artists, or other partners.

The specific event page controls regarding:

  • date;

  • time;

  • venue;

  • ticket price;

  • included experiences;

  • age restrictions;

  • alcohol service;

  • transfer procedures;

  • accessibility information; and

  • any other material event conditions.

17. Event Age Requirement

Unless an event page expressly states otherwise, High Taste events involving wine or alcohol are 21+.

Government-issued identification may be required.

Alcohol consumption is optional.

Guests may be refused alcohol service or admission where required or permitted by law or reasonably necessary for safety.

18. Event Ticket Sales Are Final

Unless High Taste expressly states otherwise for a particular event, all event ticket sales are final and nonrefundable.

A purchaser's inability to attend does not create a right to a refund.

This does not affect any right that cannot legally be waived.

19. Ticket Transfers

High Taste event tickets may be transferred to another eligible attendee unless the applicable event page states otherwise.

The replacement attendee must satisfy all applicable event requirements, including the 21+ age requirement where alcohol is involved.

High Taste may require updated attendee information before the event.

Tickets may not be counterfeited, duplicated, or used in unauthorized commercial promotions.

20. Event Cancellation by High Taste

If High Taste cancels an event and does not reschedule it, ticket holders will receive the remedy required under the applicable purchase terms and law.

If an event is postponed or rescheduled, High Taste will provide information about the new date and any available transfer, attendance, credit, or other options.

21. Event Changes

High Taste may make reasonable changes to event elements, including:

  • chefs;

  • wineries;

  • wines;

  • menus;

  • performers;

  • speakers;

  • venues;

  • sponsors;

  • collaborating brands;

  • programming; and

  • schedules.

A change to an individual component does not automatically constitute cancellation of the event.

22. Weather and Circumstances Beyond Reasonable Control

Events may be modified, delayed, relocated, postponed, or canceled because of circumstances outside High Taste's reasonable control, including:

  • severe weather;

  • natural disasters;

  • public-safety concerns;

  • governmental action;

  • venue emergencies;

  • transportation disruption;

  • labor disruptions;

  • public-health conditions;

  • significant technology or utility failure; or

  • similar unforeseen circumstances.

Any remedy will be handled according to the applicable event terms and law.

23. Event Conduct

Guests must behave in a lawful, respectful, and reasonably safe manner.

High Taste or the applicable venue may refuse entry to or remove a person because of:

  • threats or violence;

  • harassment;

  • discriminatory abuse;

  • severe disruption;

  • unsafe intoxication;

  • unlawful conduct;

  • refusal to follow reasonable safety instructions; or

  • conduct that creates a genuine risk to others.

Removal for misconduct does not automatically create a right to a refund.

24. Food, Beverage, and Allergies

High Taste experiences may involve food and beverage service.

Menus, ingredients, preparation methods, and participating providers may vary.

Guests with allergies or dietary restrictions should contact High Taste before an event where reasonably possible.

High Taste will make reasonable efforts to communicate or accommodate known needs where practicable but cannot guarantee an allergen-free environment unless expressly stated.

25. Photography and Recording at Events

High Taste events may be photographed, filmed, or otherwise recorded for editorial, archival, promotional, social-media, educational, or marketing purposes.

General event, atmosphere, stage, crowd, and programming documentation may incidentally include attendees.

Where an identifiable attendee is intentionally featured for broader commercial or promotional use and a separate release is appropriate or legally required, High Taste may request permission.

Guests with significant safety, privacy, or accessibility concerns regarding photography should contact High Taste before the event where reasonably possible.

26. Partner and Collaborator Events

High Taste may work with independent:

  • brands;

  • sponsors;

  • wineries;

  • restaurants;

  • chefs;

  • venues;

  • artists;

  • vendors;

  • producers; or

  • other collaborators.

These parties may remain responsible for their own products, services, statements, conduct, and legal obligations.

Use of terms such as “partner,” “collaborator,” “sponsor,” or “presented with” describes the applicable commercial or event relationship and does not necessarily create a legal partnership, joint venture, employment relationship, or agency relationship.

27. Wine and Alcohol Education

High Taste may publish or provide wine-related information, including:

  • tasting notes;

  • pairing suggestions;

  • producer information;

  • wine education;

  • cultural commentary; and

  • event-related information.

Wine tasting and pairing are subjective.

Individual preferences and experiences vary.

Nothing published by High Taste constitutes medical or health advice.

No wine or alcohol-related content should be interpreted as stating or implying that alcohol:

  • improves health;

  • prevents disease;

  • treats a medical condition; or

  • provides a medical benefit.

If you choose to consume alcohol, please do so responsibly.

28. Editorial and Cultural Content

High Taste may publish information, commentary, interviews, features, or other material concerning wine, food, hospitality, culture, publishing, restaurants, chefs, producers, artists, businesses, and related subjects.

Such material is provided for informational, editorial, educational, or cultural purposes.

Nothing on the website constitutes legal, medical, financial, tax, investment, or other regulated professional advice.

29. Exclusive Invitations and Private Dinner List

High Taste may offer an email or messaging list for exclusive invitations, private dinners, releases, events, and related updates.

Joining this list does not guarantee:

  • admission to an event;

  • access to a limited-capacity experience;

  • ticket availability;

  • product allocation; or

  • receipt of every invitation.

Where an invitation requires a separate purchase or RSVP, the terms presented with that invitation apply.

30. SMS Messaging

High Taste may offer optional SMS communications relating to:

  • exclusive invitations;

  • private dinners;

  • events;

  • releases;

  • announcements;

  • products;

  • promotional offers; and

  • other High Taste updates.

Where required, users must affirmatively opt in to receive recurring marketing text messages.

Consent to receive marketing SMS messages is not a condition of purchase.

Message frequency may vary.

Message and data rates may apply.

Subscribers may opt out by replying STOP to an applicable message and may receive a final confirmation message.

Reply HELP where supported for assistance.

Text messaging opt-in data and consent will not be sold or shared with third parties for their own marketing purposes. Information may be disclosed to service providers as reasonably necessary to operate and support the messaging program.

31. Email Marketing

Users may voluntarily subscribe to High Taste email communications.

Marketing consent is separate from a product or ticket purchase where required by law.

Marketing emails will provide an unsubscribe method.

Opting out of promotional email does not prevent High Taste from sending necessary transactional communications concerning:

  • an order;

  • preorder;

  • shipping;

  • payment;

  • event registration;

  • event changes; or

  • another requested service.

32. Reviews and Testimonials

High Taste may publish customer testimonials or reviews.

Reviews and testimonials should reflect genuine experiences and opinions.

High Taste does not authorize:

  • fabricated reviews;

  • fake testimonials;

  • purchased fake reviews;

  • deceptive undisclosed insider reviews;

  • incentives conditioned on a required positive or negative opinion; or

  • deceptive suppression of genuine reviews.

Where a material relationship exists with an endorser, contributor, sponsor, affiliate, or reviewer, High Taste will provide appropriate disclosure where required.

Testimonials do not guarantee that another customer will have the same experience.

33. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, High Taste and its original content are owned by or licensed to The High Taste or the applicable rights holder.

Protected material may include:

  • High Taste branding;

  • Haute Pairings branding;

  • trademarks;

  • logos;

  • photographs;

  • artwork;

  • illustrations;

  • publications;

  • book content;

  • publication layouts;

  • written material;

  • video;

  • audio;

  • event materials;

  • graphics;

  • educational content;

  • designs; and

  • other original creative works.

You may access website content for personal, lawful use.

Except where authorized or permitted by law, you may not:

  • reproduce protected material;

  • republish it;

  • distribute it;

  • sell it;

  • commercially exploit it;

  • create unauthorized derivative works;

  • systematically scrape it;

  • remove proprietary notices; or

  • represent High Taste content as your own.

Purchasing a physical book or other product gives you ownership of that physical copy. It does not transfer ownership of the underlying copyright, trademarks, artwork, design, publication rights, or other intellectual property.

34. Third-Party Intellectual Property

Third-party names, trademarks, photographs, artwork, quotations, logos, and other protected material remain the property of their respective rights holders.

References to third parties do not transfer ownership or imply an endorsement beyond the relationship expressly described.

35. User Submissions

If you submit photographs, messages, reviews, testimonials, survey responses, event information, or other material, you represent that you have the right to provide it.

Unless separate submission terms state otherwise, you retain ownership of your original content.

You grant High Taste a nonexclusive license to use submitted content only as reasonably necessary to:

  • respond to your request;

  • process an order;

  • administer an event;

  • operate the applicable feature; or

  • carry out another purpose to which you agreed.

Submitting a private communication does not automatically grant High Taste unrestricted permission to use it publicly as advertising or a testimonial.

36. Third-Party E-Commerce Platforms

Haute Pairings or other High Taste products may also be offered through independent e-commerce platforms, retailers, marketplaces, or other sales channels.

Purchases made through another platform may be subject to that platform's checkout procedures, payment terms, privacy practices, or other policies in addition to any applicable High Taste product terms.

For questions regarding a purchase, customers should follow the support process associated with the channel through which the order was placed.

37. Third-Party Services and Links

The website may link to or use third-party:

  • payment providers;

  • shipping services;

  • ticketing platforms;

  • embedded media;

  • forms;

  • social networks;

  • commerce providers; or

  • other external services.

Those third parties may operate under their own terms and privacy policies.

High Taste is not responsible for independently operated third-party services except to the extent required by law.

38. Privacy

High Taste's collection, use, disclosure, and protection of personal information is described in our Privacy Policy.

Where cookies or similar technologies are used, additional information is available through our Cookie Policy and any applicable cookie-preference interface.

39. Accessibility

High Taste aims to provide website, commerce, publication, and event information that is reasonably accessible to a broad range of users, including people with disabilities.

Additional information and a method for reporting an accessibility barrier are available through our Accessibility Statement.

40. Prohibited Conduct

You may not use the High Taste website or related services to:

  • violate applicable law;

  • commit fraud;

  • infringe intellectual-property rights;

  • violate privacy or publicity rights;

  • obtain unauthorized access;

  • interfere with website security;

  • introduce malware or harmful code;

  • impersonate another person or business;

  • submit fraudulent payment information;

  • misuse promotions;

  • scrape information unlawfully;

  • harass or threaten others; or

  • engage in deceptive or abusive conduct.

41. Website Availability

High Taste may update, modify, maintain, suspend, or discontinue website features where reasonably necessary.

We do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free website availability.

Temporary interruptions may occur because of maintenance, third-party services, technical failures, security issues, or circumstances outside our reasonable control.

42. Disclaimers

To the extent permitted by law, general website, editorial, cultural, and educational content is provided on an “as available” basis.

High Taste does not guarantee:

  • particular wine preferences;

  • resale value;

  • investment value;

  • appreciation of collector products;

  • availability of third-party products;

  • particular business or professional outcomes; or

  • results not expressly guaranteed in writing.

Nothing in these Terms excludes warranties, consumer rights, duties, or remedies that cannot lawfully be excluded.

43. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, The High Taste, its owners, officers, employees, contractors, and representatives will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages arising solely from use of general website, editorial, or educational content.

This limitation does not apply where liability cannot lawfully be limited or excluded.

It does not override obligations or remedies contained in a specific purchase, event, or other agreement.

44. Indemnification

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to be responsible for losses, claims, or liabilities arising from:

  • your unlawful misuse of the website;

  • your material violation of these Terms; or

  • content you submit in violation of another person's rights.

You are not required to indemnify High Taste for conduct for which indemnification cannot lawfully be required.

45. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Georgia, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, except where mandatory consumer-protection law requires otherwise.

No arbitration or class-action waiver is created by these Terms unless High Taste later adopts a separately reviewed and properly disclosed provision.

46. Changes to These Terms

High Taste may update these Terms from time to time.

The updated version will be posted with a revised Effective Date.

Changes apply prospectively.

High Taste will not retroactively impose materially different purchase terms on a completed transaction except where permitted by law.

47. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in effect to the maximum extent permitted by law.

48. Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any applicable:

  • product-page disclosures;

  • checkout terms;

  • Preorder Terms;

  • Event Terms;

  • Shipping & Delivery Policy;

  • Returns, Refunds & Cancellation Policy;

  • SMS terms; or

  • separate written agreement,

constitute the applicable agreement concerning use of the website and the relevant High Taste offering.

Where a more specific written agreement applies, that agreement controls to the extent of any conflict.

49. Contact Us

For legal questions regarding these Terms:

The High Taste
Website: www.thehightaste.com
Legal: legal [at] thehightaste [dot] com

For general website or customer-support inquiries:

Email: site [at] thehightaste [dot] com