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Yes.  We intentionally give our customers the choice of taking a hands-on or hands-off approach to their collection.  You can choose to "outsource" as much or as little as you please.

Please read our Sell wine description on our site.

Vinfolio requires a minimum of $5,000 in retail value of wine being sold at one time.

As a general rule, we do not accept wine to sell that will retail for less than $40 per 750ml bottle or which lacks a professional reviewer's score of 88 or higher. And we reserve the right to turn down any sales opportunity or individual wines for any reason, including regulatory restrictions and bottle conditions. Please read our Inspection Guidelines .

For larger cellars that are inspected remotely, we pay upon pick-up. Or within 2 days of receipt of wine and after inspection.

Contact one of Vinfolio's Wine Specialists or sign in to your Vinfolio account, go to the My Account page, click on General Preferences, and check the box for "I am interested in selling wine in my collection."

Our full-service storage . (read site description for full details) provides a high level of convenience but at the prices of self-storage facilities.   Vinfolio's service includes inventorying with barcoding and all handling (in/out services). You never have to visit our facility unless you want to.  Pick-ups cost $10 per case from Napa and Sonoma wineries, local auction houses and even Bay area retailers. Other services are available for a fee, including storage insurance, storage boxes, delivery and shipping.

There are a several ways to initiate a removal request:

• Use the Move wizard to initiate a move request in VinCellar, for any of your wine in Vinfolio storage for shipping, local delivery, or will call.
• Call your Executive Wine Specialist or our Customer Service Manager.

The time required to "pull" the wine from storage depends on the volume of wine requested.   Our service commitment is:

• For pick-ups of 12 or fewer unique wines, requests received by noon on a business day will be available by 3 p.m. the following business day.
• For pick-ups of more than 12 unique wines, 2 or more business days notice is required.

1. Simply email a copy of your invoice (or order details) along with the date the wine will be ready for pick-up to (or fax it to Customer Service at 415-946-1359). Please note there is a $10 per case fee for pick-ups.
2. Please make sure you have already authorized Vinfolio to pick up your wine when ordering or afterwards.
3. For retailers and auction houses, please make sure you have provided the business name, contact name, contact telephone number, and email.

For winery requests, we will get back to you within one or two business days as to whether each winery involved permits pick-ups.

Vinfolio targets a constant 55º and a humidity level of 60-70%.  Sensors at six different locations in the space monitor these parameters.

In San Francisco, California at 1890 Bryant Street (cross street is Mariposa).   We are centrally located near major freeways and the building offers multiple loading docks for our use in receiving or delivering wine.

Yes.  Anyone, wherever they are located, can use our storage service.

Very secure.  Vinfolio storage space is subterranean, accessed only via a biometric security system and monitored by 24-hour video surveillance and alarm systems. And, to protect against damage from earthquakes, we have chosen a facility that is seismically sound based on the strict San Francisco building code.   In addition, our warehouse has a state-of-the-art sprinkler system with alarmed temperature sensors throughout. As further protection, the steel racks on which wine pallets rest are anchored both to the floor and to at least one adjoining storage bay.  A sump pump is in place to protect against flooding.

No.  We recommend that you insure your wine under your homeowner's policy or directly via our storage insurance program.  Under our program, you may elect to insure your wine in our storage facility against damage, loss and breakage at an aggregate cost of 1% of the declared value per annum. You can also contact Fireman's Fund . directly, one of Vinfolio's preferred providers, to insure your total wine collection, whether it's stored with Vinfolio or at other domestic U.S. locations, such as your home.

Read our Inventory Service description on our site.

This is certainly an option.  When you have finished inventorying your cellar, email to request barcode labels for individual bottles and/or cases.   Individual bottle barcode labels are $0.35 each and case labels (with a description of contents) are $1.00 each.

Please call Jeannie Lacombe, Collector Services Manager at 415-946-1304.

Please read the Inventory Services section of our terms and conditions .

After the project is completed, one of the inventory team members will walk you through a complete demonstration of VinCellar using your collection data.  They will show you how to remove wine using the barcode scanner, add wine and order barcodes for new purchases, move bottles within your cellar and access all the content available within VinCellar such as auction data, drink dates and scores.

It's up to you.  You can approve each individual wine and price or you could grant us discretion to purchase within pre-agreed guidelines within your budgetary parameters.

Vinfolio's collection building service is provided free of charge with an initial wine purchase from Vinfolio of $10,000.   Should you request that Executive Wine Specialists meet with you at your location, there is a $1,000 per day fee plus out-of-pocket expenses (advisory fee is waived if $50,000 or more in initial wine purchases are made).

VinCellar may not cover 100% of your wine depending on what you have in your collection.  For unvalued wines, we would need to manually assess other comparables to determine the value.
You might also need a formal written report depending on your use of the valuation data.