Private collection counsel · Appraisal · Cellar Direction
Most cellars I open are half memory and half guesswork: cases nobody logged, a spreadsheet two years stale, and four bottles past their window. In about three weeks you'll know what you own, what's ready, what to buy next, and what an insurer would accept.
From $1,200
Defined or ongoing
Privately maintained
Why it's worth doing
A cellar should be a pleasure, not a filing problem. The work is to turn the bottles, the paperwork, and the value into three or four decisions you can actually make this year.
A clean inventory, condition review, provenance notes, and a collection record you can actually use.
Drinking windows, priority bottles, occasion guidance, and a current pull list across every property.
A written plan shaped by your palate, cellar, budget, and the producers worth pursuing.
Independent valuation and USPAP-compliant appraisal for insurance, estate, donation, or sale.
Understand what you own
A complete accounting of what you own: on-site or virtual inventory, condition and provenance review, a drinking-window map, and a written valuation report you can hand to your insurer or your estate attorney.
A bound report and a live record in the Prestige Cellar.
From $1,200
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Begin with intention
A cellar designed from a blank page: your tastes, your rooms, your budget. We design and sequence the collection; you purchase directly from licensed retailers we select. The wine is yours from the first receipt.
A sequenced buy list with named producers and a budget per tranche.
From $2,500
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For estates and fiduciaries
On-site inventory, independent appraisal, and a written disposition memo for executors, trustees, attorneys, and families who need the collection question resolved correctly.
A written memo saying what to insure, what to consign, and what to pour at the funeral.
Executors usually call me in the worst week of their year. It takes about a fortnight and then the wine stops being one of the things they have to think about.
From $2,100
If the collection belongs in the estate plan rather than only on a schedule, work with counsel: Clemenza Law — collections Clemenza Law is under common ownership with Prestige Vin; no fee passes between them in either direction.
Discuss this engagementSee the work
This is an actual Cellar Audit with the client's name and addresses taken out — 8 pages, redacted: the inventory extract, the condition and provenance notes, the drinking-window map, and the valuation summary an insurer will accept. Free. No form, no email required. Have a look before you decide whether to call me.
Download the sample report (PDF)The ongoing relationship
Ongoing counsel for a living collection: acquisition strategy, allocation hunting, drinking-window management, records, and gifting on call.
$500 per month
For a cellar you enjoy but don't want to manage.
Quarterly drinking-window pull list
Allocation and release alerts, matched to your cellar
Gifting counsel on call
Annual collection review
$1,000 per month
For a collection that's still growing.
Everything in Village
Standing acquisition strategy and sourcing counsel
Cellar records maintained for you
Semiannual on-site visit (tri-state) or virtual walkthrough
$2,500 per month
For a collection you'd want valued if something happened tomorrow.
Everything in Premier Cru
Anthony as your dedicated advisor
Sourcing fees waived on the first $50,000 acquired each year
Quarterly on-site visits and annual written revaluation
First invitation to private tastings and tables
The Prestige Cellar
Advisory clients receive a maintained collection record: inventory, valuations, drinking windows, recommendations, and the context behind every next decision.
Private questions
There is no formal bottle minimum. The right threshold is complexity: when the collection, properties, value, drinking windows, insurance needs, or acquisition decisions are no longer well served by memory and scattered records.
Yes. Collection reviews, acquisition plans, drinking-window work, and ongoing counsel can be delivered remotely worldwide. Physical inventories, condition reviews, and formal appraisal inspections are arranged in person where required.
Yes. Appraisal fees are flat or hourly as USPAP requires, never a percentage of value. Prestige Vin does not buy the collection, hold inventory, or earn a resale commission from the valuation conclusion.
You approve the search and budget. Our disclosed sourcing fee is 10% of purchase price, and nothing else. You purchase directly from licensed retailers or auction houses; Prestige Vin holds no inventory and takes no hidden seller compensation.
It is the private digital home for your collection, drinking windows, recommendations, valuations, and advisory record. The public app can be used independently; retained advisory clients receive a privileged, maintained layer connected to their work with the house.
Yes. We can maintain one collection record across residences and storage facilities, with location-specific bin records, condition notes, transfers, pull lists, and purchasing guidance.
A limited number of retained collections are accepted
Tell us the approximate size, locations, and decision that brought you here. The first response is personal and private.
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