RESPONSIBLE USE OF ALCOHOL & RELATED INFORMATION

Oakridge Vineyards is a company that promotes the use of its wine products in a socially responsible way.

Our position on the use of alcohol, and the information you may receive regarding our wine products when using this website, is as follows: 

  • We encourage responsible use and enjoyment of alcohol;
  • We believe that the you are responsible for monitoring and understanding your own consumption of alcohol and should do so as part of a balanced approach to your life. In particular wine is best enjoyed when complemented by good friends and good food;
  • We sell wine to many countries around the world, and we subscribe to the voluntary self-regulation by wine producers to standards of alcohol advertising and promotion that support responsible alcohol consumption, and discourage drinking by under-age, inexperienced or at-risk consumers.

 IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE LAWS OF THE COUNTRY AND STATE IN WHICH YOU LIVE AND DRINK, PARTICULARLY AGE RESTRICTIONS ON ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, WHICH CAN DIFFER FROM 18 YEARS TO 25 OR OVER.

SOME INFORMATION ABOUT RESPONSIBLE DRINKING:

AUSTRALIA:

 In Australia, the Commonwealth Government has provided the “Australian Alcohol Guidelines” to help you understand how much you can safely drink. These can be found at: www.alcoholguidelines.gov.au/everyone

An interactive summary of these guidelines can be found at: www.alcoholguidelines.gov.au

The Australian Alcohol Beverages Advertising Code can be found at the website of the Australian Association of National Advertisers: www.aana.com.au/pdfs/ABACCODE04.pdf

 ENGLAND

 In the UK, the Portman Group has been founded to promote responsible drinking. The Portman Group’s purpose is to promote responsible drinking, to help prevent misuse of alcohol; to encourage responsible marketing; and to foster a balanced understanding of alcohol-related issues. Further information can be found at www.portmangroup.org.uk

UNITED STATES

In the United States, information regarding Alcohol and Health can be found through the website of the Department of Health and Human Services at www.hhs.gov and at Mediline Plus (a Service of the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health) at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/alcoholconsumption.html

The American Heart Association states in its “Dietary Guidelines” (Revised 2000) that “…based on available epidemiological data, the AHA recommends that if alcoholic beverages are consumed, they should be limited to the equivalent of 2 drinks (30 g ethanol) per day for men and 1 drink per day for women…” The full text of these guidelines is available at:   http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/102/18/2284

We encourage you to seek out information regarding the appropriate use of alcohol, and hope that your enjoy our wines.

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