September nineteenth – (Napa, CA) As the most important and longest-standing international on-line public sale for advantageous, uncommon, collectible, investable, and distinctive wines, WineBid has been recognized for its format of bid-through-the-week and win-on-Sunday night time (US) auctions. Responding to requests from consumers, traders, merchants, and different neighborhood members searching for extra rapid entry to those extremely collectible wines, WineBid is upgrading and broadening its longstanding “Purchase Now” class of wines to incorporate the identical collectible and uncommon wines usually reserved for its weekly auctions. The Purchase Now part will now present on the spot retail buy of prime Burgundy, First Development Bordeaux, California Cult Cabernets, and different extremely sought-after bottlings for these searching for extra well timed and handy entry to those prime wines.
The augmented Purchase Now class of wines launched on September 18, concurrently the common weekly WineBid public sale, which continues with no adjustments. The purpose of the replace is to supply comfort to consumers and a brand new extra rapid avenue for sellers to promote their collections.
IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO AUCTION-QUALITY WINES
“Tens of 1000’s of wine collectors go to our public sale weekly, and lots of have expressed the need for simpler and extra rapid entry to a extra strong assortment of uncommon and classic wines in our Purchase Now class,” stated Russ Mann, WineBid CEO. “Many consumers don’t need to wait till Sunday or should compete in an public sale for wines they know they want-—they need their bid to win instantly, and have the power to select up or ship their wines the following day. It’s these requests that led to the choice to carry extra of the world’s most collectible wines to the fixed-price, on the spot win, retail format at WineBid.”
WineBid has historically used its Purchase Now part to supply many attention-grabbing and even hard-to-find bottlings for rapid buy. However these wines have usually fallen outdoors the class of “collectible” and had been usually extra value-oriented than wines generally dedicated to its weekly auctions. Whereas such wines will nonetheless often be added to the Purchase Now part of the auctioneer’s platform, they are going to signify a a lot smaller share of the Purchase Now assortment.
Purchase Now purchases are on the spot purchases at a set worth. There isn’t a ready for auctions to shut on Sunday night time. Cargo of Purchase Now wines will be organized instantly upon cost. Every wine offered below the Purchase Now possibility is given the identical rigorous inspection and authentication that public sale wines obtain. Moreover, all Purchase Now wines are supplied with info on situation, provenance, and notations of any skilled evaluations. Somewhat than clicking a “bid” button accompanying every public sale wine, consumers will use the “add to cart” button and pay the worth listed plus any related taxes. Wines out there within the Purchase Now part will continually change as new collections are procured and placed on provide.
Among the many producers present in WineBid’s revamped “Purchase Now” class that launched on September 18 are:
- La Mission Haut Brion
- Château Mouton Rothschild
- Château Figeac
- Château Chevel Blanc
- Château d’Yquem
- Château L’Evangile
- Chateau Lynch-Bages
- Chateau Margaux
- Chateau Montrose
- Clos de Tart
- Coche-Dury
- Comte de Vogue
- Etienne Sauzet
- Domaine Anne Gros
- Domaine Gros Frere et Soeur
- Emmanuel Rouget
- Paul Jaboulet Aine
- Chateau de Beaucastel
- Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia
- Opus One
