Wine Advisory
For clients who want to buy, gift, serve, or collect wine with better judgment — not just better labels.
LOT852 · Paris advises private clients on producer, vintage, provenance, drinking window, cellar direction, and purchase context.
The role is simple: to help you understand what is worth buying, what is worth keeping, and what is worth walking away from — with judgment that is not tied to a sale.
Private Wine Consultation
€150 · 60 minutes
One focused question. Most wine decisions go wrong not from lack of options, but from lack of judgment before a bottle, case, or cellar direction is chosen. This is that second opinion.
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You have a bottle, a case, or an offer in front of you. We assess whether it holds up — producer, vintage, condition, price against the current market — and whether to proceed, negotiate, or walk away.
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A dinner, a gift, a celebration where the bottle has to say the right thing. You leave the call with a specific shortlist matched to the guests, the menu, and the budget — not a style of wine, but actual names.
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For collections at a turning point: moving past the obvious names, entering Burgundy or Champagne seriously, or deciding what the next €5,000 should actually go toward.
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A clear recommendation during the call, followed by a brief written summary of the direction discussed — including producer, vintage, style, and next-step guidance where relevant.
From €350
Cellar Review
An honest read of the wine you already own — and a clear plan for what comes next. You share your inventory; LOT852 reviews it properly and returns a short written report, followed by a call to walk through it.
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Drinking windows: what to open now, what to hold, what is past its best. What is worth keeping, and what to drink up or let go. Where the collection is over-concentrated, and where the real gaps are, relative to how you actually drink.
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Where your next purchases should go, so the cellar grows with intent rather than by accident.
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A short written report, followed by a call to walk through it.
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Judgment on what you own and what to buy next. Not a bottle-by-bottle physical inspection (based on the inventory you provide), not a financial valuation, and not ongoing sourcing.
Wine Acquisition Mandate
For clients ready to acquire specific bottles, cases, or a focused selection, LOT852 provides private guidance across producer, vintage, provenance, pricing, availability, and purchase structure.
Sourcing begins with an opening advisory fee, charged before research begins — for the market review, supplier outreach, and shortlist work. It is for time spent, not a deposit against the wine. You buy directly from the merchant; final advisory terms are agreed case by case.
Depending on the acquisition, LOT852 acts as an advisor or sourcing intermediary — never as the seller of the wine. In every case, LOT852's role, fees, and any disclosed commission are set out in writing before a purchase is confirmed.
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The opening acquisition fee starts from €500 and applies when LOT852 is asked to conduct market research, supplier outreach, availability checks, or shortlist preparation. It is an advisory and research fee for work performed, not a wine deposit. Any credit or adjustment against a completed acquisition is agreed in writing before the mandate begins.
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Purchase structure depends on the wine, supplier, and location, but you always buy directly from the merchant or supplier — LOT852 does not sell wine or take title to it. Any advisory fee, together with any shipping, tax, or handling charged by the supplier, is set out before you confirm the acquisition.
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LOT852 is paid only by its clients. We take no commission from sellers on a client's purchases. Where we hold a relationship with a merchant or source, we use it to secure trade or below-retail pricing for you — never to earn a margin at your expense — and any such relationship is disclosed. On advisory engagements, LOT852 is paid only by the client and passes any trade rebate back to you. Where we simply introduce a buyer to a merchant outside an advisory engagement, the merchant may pay LOT852 a trade commission — always disclosed. Every recommendation rests on a single test: what is right for you.
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This is a private acquisition advisory — not a wine shop, instant-quotation service, or guaranteed-allocation platform. Submitting a brief is free. Formal research, supplier outreach, availability checks, and shortlist preparation begin only once an opening acquisition fee has been agreed and paid.
For collectors who want a continuing relationship rather than a single piece of work: a standing point of judgment through the year, as you buy, drink, and shape the cellar.
This usually begins after a first engagement — a consultation or a Cellar Review — once we both know the collection and how you like to work. Scope and fee are set privately, based on the size of the cellar and how active you want the advisory to be.
Annual / Ongoing Advisory
By arrangement — priced privately, per collection.
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A continuing read of the cellar and a direct line for the decisions that come up between purchases: an offer to weigh, a vintage to call, where the next tranche of buying should go.
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Priced privately, per collection, and reviewed each year. There is no public rate — the arrangement is built around what you hold and how often you want to draw on it.
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A continuing advisory relationship, not a sourcing subscription or a guarantee of allocations. You keep your own merchants and brokers throughout; LOT852's only role is judgment on your side of the table.
