How to buy wine on ShareWine

Exploring private collectors' wine cellars has never been easier.

If you want to make great deals on extraordinary wines, exciting vintages, and hidden treasures, then ShareWine is the place for you.

Here, you can easily and securely trade wine from cellar to cellar across Europe.

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Unique Wine Experiences Await You

With the ShareWine app, you have easy access to more than 1,500 weekly wine auctions, where you can find extraordinary bottles for sale from wine enthusiasts across Europe.

Here, you'll find a treasure trove of the finest Burgundies, mature Bordeaux wines, rare Italians, and the most exclusive Champagnes. Wines that make life's little moments extraordinary.

You can buy wine in all price ranges and get your hands on many rare cuvées and vintages that are otherwise unavailable on the market.

Buyer Protection When You Trade

With buyer protection, you can feel 100% safe buying wine on the marketplace regardless of where the seller is located in Europe.

ShareWine's secure trading system includes both Secure Payment and Secure Shipping, as well as the option for direct support if you need it.

There are no hidden costs on the marketplace. Buyer protection constitutes 8% of the purchase amount* (12.5% when buying from ShareWine) and is automatically applied to the transaction.

The exact amount is always clearly displayed when you place a bid, where you can also see the total price of the item including buyer protection.

Buyer protection is only paid if you win a wine auction or buy a fixed-price item.

The fee for buyer protection is significantly lower than other European marketplaces and auction houses, which range between 9-28%.

What Does the Fee Cover?

Buyer protection ensures you can buy wine risk-free and includes:

Verified Sellers to Trade With

ShareWine verifies the identity of all sellers on the marketplace so everyone can buy wine safely and securely.
Secure Payment When You Trade

ShareWine offers Secure Payment on the marketplace, which is an integrated service where your payment is securely held by our payment provider (Stripe) while the transaction is in progress. Only when you have received the wine is the payment released to the seller.
Direct Support

If problems arise during a transaction, our support team is ready to help you via email. You are always welcome to contact us at hello@sharewine.com.
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Additionally, the fee helps ensure we can operate and further develop ShareWine's trading platform and app.

Get 2% in Buyer Bonus on All Transactions

When you buy wine on ShareWine, you get 2% of the amount back in bonus. This benefit applies to both private transactions and purchases from ShareWine. You can then use your bonus as a discount on future wine purchases on the marketplace.

Frequently Asked Questions on How to Buy

How does a max-bid work?

With a maximum bid, ShareWine's auction system will automatically increase your bid when bids are placed by other bidders.

This way, you are always sure to be the highest bidder. The system continues to outbid all other bidders up to the maximum amount you have specified.

If your maximum bid is not outbid, you win the auction.

You just need to click on the amount you want to set as your maximum bid, and then click "Place max bid."

By placing an automatic maximum bid, you can save time checking the auction and placing new bids. This is very helpful if you are unable to keep up with the final bidding stage of an auction or if you are participating in many auctions at the same time.

How does shipping work?

When you bid on a listing, you can always see if the seller offers to ship the wine to you.

When you have won an auction and proceed to payment, you can choose how you want to receive the wine.

You can see the prices for the different shipping options before making your choice. The shipping cost is then included as part of the total price, so you can pay for everything together.

Your payment is stored safely until you receive your bottle, and only at this point we release the payment to the seller.

Having wine shipped can have several practical advantages:

You quickly receive your new wine for your collection.
You save time on transportation, as you and the seller don't need to find a time when you both can meet.
The package can be tracked via ShareWine, allowing both you and the seller to easily monitor its progress in the delivery process.

What is the shipping time?

Delivery is agreed upon between the buyer and the seller. Most sellers ship the wine quickly, typically within 3 days, but delivery time can naturally vary. In the vast majority of cases, the wine arrives within a week, and often it arrives within just a few days. During holidays and typical vacation weeks, longer delivery times may occur.