Let us help you grow your fine wine collection for as little as $250 per month!
Creating a wine collection is one of life's great pleasures. Whether you're buying wine to drink or invest, nothing matches the thrill of dusting off a bottle you've nurtured for years and savouring its delights. Well-managed, your cellar will reward you with spectacular wines for years to come and with the Batchelar Fine and Rare Wine Cellar Plan, it is easy and hassle-free.
Buying fine wines early, or on release, and enjoying them at the optimum moment, is good both for your bank balance and for your wine glass. Much like a retirement fund, if you invest a bit of time and money now, you'll end up drinking better wines in the future.
Our Cellar Plan gives you all the pleasures of enjoying fine wine without having to pore over lists or construct a cellar. A monthly subscription secures wines, which are then professionally stored on your behalf until they reach their peak of drinkability, or of course, whenever you wish to draw on your reserves.
The Cellar Plan combines the thrill of collecting with the reassurance of our expert wine advice to achieve the wine collection you've always dreamed of at a price and pace you can afford.
Contact Us today to discuss how we can help you grow your personalised collection.
Features and Benefits of the Cellar Plan
- An easy method of building up a fine wine cellar at your own financial pace, through monthly contributions.
- Considerable savings on fine wine with the ability to buy wines on release from the château, domaine or winery rather than buying the mature wine later.
- Choose a Cellar Plan for future drinking or for investment or you can do both.
- Secure storage at our (or our carefully selected partner's) secure temperature and humidity-controlled cellars.
- Full insurance for all your wines cellared with us as standard.
- Your own personal Cellar Plan advisor to recommend what to buy, when to drink and when to sell. Free access for expert advice on your portfolio management.
- Exclusive invitations to fine and rare wine tasting experiences, member’s only luncheons and dinners.
- Rationalisation of your collection, if necessary, via our Broking Service.
- Enjoy priority access to top wines including sought-after low allocation releases.
- Annual statements including wine valuations and drinking guides.
- No management fees so all your money goes towards buying great wine.
What’s more, it is also the perfect on-going gift for future generations!
What does the Cellar Plan involve?
Starting a wine cellar is a fabulous first step on a life-long journey but can be very daunting at the same time. Take advantage of our experience to guide you through the somewhat complicated world of purchasing and cellaring fine and rare wine.
Your cellar takes less time to establish than you might think, and can be built from a comparatively small investment, particularly when compared to the cost of excavating, managing and insuring a cellar at home.
The Cellar Plan gives you as much or as little involvement as you need or want. From the start you'll have full control over what goes into your cellar. We'll discuss your preferences and find out what you want to achieve and we'll only purchase wines when you've approved our recommendations. As we get to know you better you may want to give us permission to buy on your behalf, but until then the choice is all yours.
Additionally you may wish to acquire wines from our list at any time to add to your portfolio.
You will receive a yearly statement of your portfolio and our experts will advise you on buying and, crucially, the right time to take delivery of your wine, so that you enjoy it at its best.
You don’t need a cellar to own one!
Fine wines demand a certain amount of time in bottle and a steady evolution is critical to ensure its eventual enjoyment. Provenance and storage history is also of huge importance for investment wines and provides confirmation to the investment market that a wine has benefited careful management since it arrived from its respective estate or château.
You can arrange to store all your wines with us in our temperature and humidity-controlled and secure cellar facility. All your wines are stored in your own name, so there will never be any question over ownership at a future date and they'll be fully insured at market value. This certified storage assurance will thus assist in maximising any future return on wine investment.
Storage rates for our Cellar Plan clients are heavily discounted over our normally quoted rates. We will inform you of storage rates on applications.
What type cellar plan do you need?
Planning a Cellar for Future Drinking
Most Cellar Plan holders build a wine collection for future drinking. We'll generally make selections twice a year based on your wine preferences and we'll ensure your cellar is well-balanced with plenty of options for short and long term drinking. You'll always retain complete control over what goes into your cellar, but we're confident you'll be very happy with our selections.
If you'd prefer us to make wine selections for your cellar and simply notify you of their purchase, please indicate this when you apply.
The minimum amount is $250 and you can increase your monthly payment. Should you wish to buy that extra-special case of fine wine, you can make additional payments at any time.
Planning a Cellar for Investment
If you are creating a cellar solely for investment, you can be confident we will do our utmost to ensure success using the latest researched information. We will only buy wines that have a proven record in the secondary market. We strongly advise that you allow us complete control over wine selections as the investment market centres on very specific wines.
We will keep you fully informed of your purchases, and will be happy to advise you when you're ready to sell. The minimum monthly payment for an investment cellar is $500 per month.
Read more about Investing in Wine.
Investment and Payment Options
Many members choose to pay an initial lump sum to kick-start their cellar. We'll probably start you off with a few cases of your favourite wines which means your cellar starts to fill up straight away rather than waiting for the money to accrue.
Your Cellar Plan portfolio can be funded monthly by either Direct Debit or Credit Card. With this regular payment you will be surprised how quickly you can build up a substantial portfolio of fine wines.
