If you've recently had a spring clean at home and found a few bottles of wine, or via inheritance you've been handed a small wine collection of vintage labels or you simply wish to release some equity in your own collection, then you may need to research wine / Champagne auctions. There is a wide choice, and depending on the wine(s) you have, many that are dedicated to the type you are wishing to sell. If you have Champagne to sell, then we need to consider the following:
- What Champagne label(s) do you have?
- How old is your Champagne?
- Do you have original packaging / box / paperwork / receipts?
- How was the Champagne stored?
- How much are you looking to receive for your Champagne?
- How do you wish to sell your Champagne?
Each of the steps above, once you have them answered, will give you a clearer picture of where and how you should be selling your Champagne on the market. By knowing what Champagne you have, how complete it is and how it was stored, you can decide whether you should be taking a more professional route to sell or even if your bottle(s) have any value to be worth your efforts.
Most Champagne that is sold will be non-vintage (you will see NV marked on the bottle in most occasions) and these bottles are likely to have smaller value with the likes of Moet & Chandon Imperial and Veuve Clicquot NV yellow label worth no more than £8 - £15 a bottle in the resale market (if they have been stored correctly). If you have volume of these then it will be worth your while to sell locally to a person(s) in your own network or use local auction houses. You are very unlikely to sell single bottles via any professional route.
Though only a select few Champagne bottles are either vintage or a prestige / limited edition bottle, it is most likely that these type of bottles are the ones which have been collected or hoarded over the years and the bottle you have to sell. These bottles will be worth while researching to sell and depending which you have, could be highly sought after and collectable.
If you have Champagne that is valuable / collectable, we of course recommend to sell directly to Champagne collectors so to achieve the best possible price and via www.ChampagneCollectors.com - Genuine collectors of wines are known to pay the highest prices for wine they collect along with prestigious hospitality venues looking for amazing examples to add to their wines lists and there are also fine wine investors. All three types use Champagne Collectors.
Likely Champagne labels you might have which will have some value: Krug - Salon - Cristal - Jacques Selosse - Dom Pérignon - Bollinger R.D. - Veuve Clicquot Grande Dame and many more...
Each Champagne name of value will also have a series of labels so for example Krug will have their basic range Grand Cuvée up to the highly collectable Clos de Mesnil, so make sure you study which label you have as it could mean a difference of £100's or even £1,000's. Likewise for vintages, check out what vintage / release year your bottle is as this can make a substantial financial difference.
If you are unsure to what Champagne label you have then there are plenty of options online to discover information to help you. If you have explored results on Google and still none the wiser, then the Facebook group with 10,000 Champagne collector members might be a great place to start your research - This group gets many people asking similar questions to 'can anyone tell me about this Champagne label and if it is worth anything'. You can also email Champagne Collectors to get a free valuation, [email protected]
