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 a refundable deposit, from €500, taken before any market research, supplier outreach, availability checks, or shortlist preparation. It is credited in full against your purchase — and retained as a research fee if, after a shortlist and quotes are prepared, you choose not to proceed.
Depending on the acquisition, LOT852 may act as an advisor, sourcing intermediary, or seller of selected private stock. In each case, LOT852’s role, fees, commissions, margins, and settlement structure are clarified before any purchase is confirmed.
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The opening acquisition fee starts from €500 and may apply when LOT852 is asked to conduct market research, supplier outreach, availability checks, or shortlist preparation.
It is an advisory and research fee, not a wine deposit, and is charged for work performed.
Any credit, adjustment, or special arrangement against a completed acquisition must be agreed in writing before the mandate begins.
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Purchase structure depends on the wine, supplier, location, and transaction.
LOT852 may act as an advisor, sourcing intermediary, or seller of selected private stock. Any advisory fee, supplier commission, margin, shipping, tax, or handling cost will be clarified before the client confirms the acquisition.
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LOT852 may act in different roles depending on the acquisition: advisor, sourcing intermediary, or seller of selected private stock.
Where LOT852 has a supplier commission, private inventory, margin, or existing relationship with a source, this will be disclosed before any transaction is confirmed.
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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 after an opening acquisition fee has been agreed and paid.
