Acquisitions
Rare Wine, Priced By
Competition, Not Convenience
Most collectors buy from whichever broker calls first — and pay whatever that broker quotes. We put every request out to a network of competing wine brokerages, auction houses, and private sources, so the price you get is the price the market will actually bear.
22%
Max Buyer’s Premium Stacked On Top At Auction
20%
Of Bottles In The Global Market Suspected Counterfeit
$62B+
Global Fine Wine Market We Source Across
100%
Of Requests Run As Competitive Bids, Every Time
Why Collectors Overpay
The Rare Wine Market Isn’t Priced Like a Market
Rare and allocated bottles rarely trade at one transparent price. They trade at whatever the nearest broker, auction house, or merchant decides to quote — and academic research on the fine wine auction market has found significant, persistent price differences for the same bottle across different auction houses, independent of location.
Hidden Premiums
18–22%
Commercial auction houses add a non-negotiable buyer’s premium of roughly 18–22% on top of the hammer price — before tax, shipping, and storage.
Price Dispersion
No Single Price
The same bottle can sell for meaningfully different prices at different auction houses and brokers, well beyond what shipping or fees explain — whichever source you happen to call sets your price.
Authentication Risk
~1 in 5 Bottles
Industry estimates suggest as much as a fifth of wine circulating on the secondary market may be fraudulent or misrepresented — provenance matters as much as price.
Every Bottle Sourced. Every Price Earned.
Competitive Sourcing · Sommelier-Verified
How We Source
One Request. A Whole Market of Competing Sellers.
Allen Wood Consults isn’t tied to a single wine brokerage, auction house, or merchant. When you tell us what you’re after, we put that request out simultaneously across a wide network of independent sources — and let them compete for your business.
- No exclusivity, no kickbacks. We aren’t paid more for steering you toward any one source, so every quote we bring back is on its merits.
- Every source bids blind. Brokers quote against each other, not against you — the same dynamic that keeps prices honest at auction, minus the 18–22% premium.
- A sommelier checks every bottle. Provenance, fill level, label condition, and storage history are verified by Davis before any funds change hands.
The Process
From Wanted Bottle to Verified Delivery
Tell Us What You Want
Producer, vintage, format, quantity, budget, and timeline — the more specific, the sharper the bids we bring back.
We Source Competing Bids
Your request goes out across our broker, auction, and merchant network at once. They quote against each other, not against you.
We Verify, Then We Buy
Davis checks provenance, condition, and fill level on the winning bottle before a single dollar moves.
Delivered or Cellared
Your bottle arrives ready to drink, or goes straight into your managed collection — logged, valued, and accounted for.
“We work for the collector, not the broker.”
Allen Wood Consults · Acquisitions
The Guarantee
Best Price, Every Time — Or We Don’t Buy
If our network can’t beat what you could get on your own, we’ll tell you so and point you to the better deal. That’s the arrangement.
- Multi-Broker Competitive BiddingEvery request shopped across independent sources simultaneously, not sequentially.
- No Loyalty to Any One SourceWe hold no exclusive arrangement with any broker, house, or merchant.
- Sommelier-Verified ProvenanceCondition, fill level, and chain of custody checked before purchase.
- Transparent, Itemized PricingYou see the winning quote and our fee — no bundled buyer’s premiums.
- Access to Allocated VintagesHard-to-find bottles sourced through relationships most collectors can’t reach alone.
- Discreet Sourcing & DeliveryQuiet handling from wanted-list to cellar, with no public bidding trail.
Start Your Wanted List
What Bottle Are You After?
Give us as much detail as you have. We’ll run it across our network and come back with verified, competing quotes.
- Response Time
- Within 24 Hours
- Direct
- Davis@AllenWoodConsults.com
- Also Offered
- Cellar Management