Accessibility Statement for Terra Sarda Wines

Terra Sarda Wines is committed to making our website accessible to all users, including those with disabilities. We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA standard.

What we have done so far

We are actively working through an accessibility review of our website. Steps completed to date include:

• Completing a full WCAG AA audit of the homepage, achieving a 10/10 accessibility score
• Auditing and confirming a clear and logical heading structure on our homepage
• Adding descriptive alt text to all images on the homepage and blog posts
• Improving colour contrast on buttons on the homepage
• Fixing redundant image links on blog post cards
• Completing a full WCAG AA audit of all blog posts and remediating all identified issues, including: correcting skipped heading levels in the comments section (affecting all posts); replacing display quotes incorrectly marked up as headings with appropriately styled paragraph elements; removing justified text; and removing Mailchimp email template artefacts including layout tables, empty links, duplicate links, and tracking links
• Completing a full WCAG AA audit of the Open Cellar collection page, achieving a 9.6/10 accessibility score; all remaining WAVE alerts are documented false positives (pagination redundant links and a no-JavaScript fallback element) recorded in the Known Limitations section of this statement
• Completing a full WCAG AA audit of all product pages, with all pages achieving a 10/10 accessibility score; the only remaining WAVE alert across all product pages is a no-JavaScript fallback element on the gift card product page, which is a documented false positive recorded in the Known Limitations section of this statement
• Completing a full WCAG AA audit of the Book a Tasting page, achieving a 10/10 accessibility score; adding descriptive alt text to all images; updating link text to be descriptive; and documenting two remaining WAVE false positives (a redundant link alert and a header image contrast alert) in this statement
• Completing a full WCAG AA audit of the Wine Tour page; all remaining WAVE alerts are documented false positives (a header image contrast alert and a redundant CTA link alert) recorded in the Known Limitations section of this statement
• Completing a full WCAG AA audit of the Contact page, achieving a 10/10 accessibility score; correcting the page heading hierarchy to ensure a proper H1 is present; and adding descriptive alt text to all images
• Completing a full WCAG AA audit of the Our Story page, achieving a 10/10 accessibility score; shortening alt text on all images to meet best practice length guidelines; and documenting one remaining WAVE false positive (a header image contrast alert) in the Known Limitations section of this statement
• Completing a full WCAG AA audit of the Credits page, achieving a 10/10 accessibility score with no alerts

Our ongoing review

We have now completed a full WCAG AA audit of all publicly accessible pages of the terrasardawines.com website. All identified issues have been remediated or documented as known limitations or false positives in this statement. We will continue to monitor accessibility as new content is added to the site and will update this statement accordingly. Member-only pages will be audited when the membership programme launches.

Known limitations

Our homepage features a background video section for atmospheric purposes. The text overlaid on this video may not meet WCAG AA contrast requirements in all frames due to the dynamic nature of the video content. We are unable to resolve this without a significant redesign and have identified it as a known limitation. The same information conveyed in this section is available elsewhere on the page.

The heading on the blog index page (“The Wine Chronicles”) is displayed in cream text over a dark photographic background image. This text is visually accessible, however automated accessibility tools such as WAVE are unable to measure contrast against CSS background images and instead measure against the nearest CSS background colour, which in this case produces a false 1:1 contrast reading. This is a known limitation of automated testing tools and does not reflect the actual visual contrast experienced by users.

The blog index page includes a “Skip to content” link for keyboard navigation, which is a standard and recommended accessibility feature. Automated tools such as WAVE may incorrectly flag this as an “adjacent link” alert when it appears near the first article heading link on the page. This is a false positive — the skip link and article link serve different purposes and destinations. Removing the skip link would reduce accessibility for keyboard users, so it has been retained.

The Open Cellar collection page includes pagination links (a “Next” link and numbered page links). Where both a “Next” link and a numbered page link point to the same URL (e.g. page 2), the numbered link has been given aria-hidden="true" and tabindex="-1" to remove it from the accessibility tree and prevent keyboard focus. Automated tools such as WAVE may still flag these as redundant adjacent links. This is a false positive — the numbered link is intentionally hidden from assistive technology and keyboard navigation, and the “Next” link provides the sole accessible route to the next page.

Collection and product pages include no-JavaScript fallbacks for interactive elements such as price range filters and variant selectors. When JavaScript is enabled (as it is for the vast majority of users), these fallbacks are hidden and have no effect. Automated tools such as WAVE may flag the hidden noscript elements. This is a false positive — these elements are only rendered when JavaScript is disabled, in which context they are standard accessible form elements with visible label text.

The Book a Tasting page includes a link to the Metz Cheesemonger’s website within an event description. WAVE reports a redundant link alert on this link. Investigation via page source confirmed that only one link pointing to this URL exists on the page. The alert is a false positive caused by WAVE’s proximity detection algorithm associating nearby plain text mentions of “Metz Cheesemonger” (in a section heading and a separate paragraph) with the single link. The link text is descriptive, the title attribute has been removed, and no duplicate link exists.

The Book a Tasting page header displays text over a photographic background image. Automated accessibility tools such as WAVE are unable to measure contrast against photographic images and instead measure against the nearest CSS background colour swatch, which in this case produces a false 1:1 contrast reading. This is a known limitation of automated testing tools and does not reflect the actual visual contrast experienced by users.

The Wine Tour page header displays cream text over a photographic background image of mountains and vine leaves. Automated accessibility tools such as WAVE, and desktop tools such as the Colour Contrast Analyser, are unable to measure contrast against photographic images and instead measure against the nearest CSS background colour swatch (in this case a cream value of #fafaf0, near-identical to the text colour). This produces a misleading near-1:1 contrast reading. This is a false positive — the actual background behind the text is a dark landscape photograph, not a cream swatch, and the visual contrast experienced by users is substantially higher.

The Wine Tour page includes a hero section with a CTA button and a linked background image pointing to the same destination URL. Automated tools such as WAVE may flag the CTA button as a redundant adjacent link. This is a false positive — the image link and button serve the same navigational purpose and the duplication is an intentional design pattern common to hero sections. The button provides a clearly labelled, accessible call to action for all users.

The Our Story page header displays cream text over a photographic background image of green grapes in dappled sunlight. As with other pages on this site, automated accessibility tools such as WAVE are unable to measure contrast against photographic images and instead measure against the nearest CSS background colour swatch, producing a false near-1:1 contrast reading. This is a false positive — the actual visual contrast experienced by users against the photographic background is substantially higher.

Feedback and contact

If you experience any accessibility barriers on our site, please contact us at hello@terrasardawines.co.uk and we will do our best to assist you.

This statement was last reviewed on 18 August 2026.