Those who invest in wine need to sell it at some point to reap a profit. We can arrange the sale of your wine to a third party at a pre-arranged price. Another way people chose to offload their portfolios is through an auction.

Wine under bond can be auctioned without it leaving the warehouse so that the seller takes his or her profit tax-free. Alternatively, many choose to auction off their own cellars, as Andrew Lloyd Webber did in the 1990s.

Wine is a readily and easily realizable asset, and also an internationally traded commodity. It can be sold at the open market price at any time without penalty for the investor. There is worldwide interest in vintage wine with a ready market, not susceptible to the normal fluctuations experienced by stock markets and interest rates.

This does not necessarily mean that the wine physically moves. Indeed much of the greatest wine will change hands many times and never leave the bonded warehouses.

Crucially, for the investor, there is no set time period for investing in wine. Therefore, a very flexible approach can be taken with regard to disposal. Wine may be sold by the case (if your requirements are smaller), or your cellar may be disposed of in full.