WinebidReviews of winebid.com

I have been using wine bid for approximately 4 to 5 years. During that time I spent well over $20,000 on wine from wine bid most of the wine has been stored so that we could enjoy it later on after some of it has aged. Lately we have been running into a lot of spoiled wine sometimes by the case I checked into it with wine bid and of course the first thing they did is fall back on their statement that they are not responsible for anything ever and that everything you do is at your own risk. Even though there is insurance you pay I found out that the insurance is for them in case they make a mistake. But you have to pay for their insurance. If you read all of their legal mumbo-jumbo they do cover themselves in every way possible. I also thought in the wine business that they were a little more scientific determining whether the will wine is good or bad. The reality is it doesn't matter if it's good or bad to them because they just fall back on their legal statements. As the other reviewers have stated read every word of their websites disclosures. Do your research and also realize that it doesn't matter to them particularly if the wine is good or bad because they get paid. Anyway now that I'm spending more time doing my research as I should have…admittedly. I am now finding much better pricing on other websites. The other new joke in town is their new import business where they import fairly large quantities of wine and then review it themselves most likely because other reviewers like Mr. Parker wouldn't touch it. And of course the reviews always come up just over 90 points sometimes 91 sometimes 92. Regarding their shipping. I've always felt their shipping arrangements very reasonable and the fact that they will hold auction bottles of wine until they have full cases before they ship and the fact that they don't ship when the weather is not correct I find is a plus for wine bid. I will not be buying any more wine from wine bid as the only real way to show dissatisfaction with the company is not to give them any more money. It is unfortunate that the management at wine bid would much rather make the dollar instead of taking care of their customers so they can make the multi dollars. Bad business

I've been purchasing wines from this site for over a year, and in total, bought about 70 bottles over the past year and a bit, with multiple shipments. I've drank about 20-30 of them and never had any issues. This is a fantastic site for finding specific wines that may not be in your local store, due to rarity or past vintages. Yes, as stated by others, some wines are overpriced, in fact, many of them are. DO YOU RESEARCH!!! Use winesearcher.com to find out the average price, and if any local stores are selling what you're looking for. Sometimes I find it in a local store, sometimes I get it shipped from non-local store, sometimes I buy direct from the winemaker, and sometimes I use WineBid. Make sure you factor in the now (recently increased) 17% auction fee, and shipping, which is about $25 a case (12), to get to New York from their warehouse. They can also store your wines up to 6 months for free, and it's fairly cheap after that. Customer service has always been fairly prompt. The rules are clearly stated. I'm not sure how one other reviewer on here, Lauren Ranee, couldn't understand how an auction works... and even more so, how she claims to have only ever purchased a single bottle, but has some knowledge that WineBid continually sells spoiled wines, LOL! Some people are just angry inside...

I have been purchasing wine using Winebid.com auctions since February 2015 and have since gathered about 14 bottles. Last week, I had six of the bottles released to me. I have consumed five of the bottles and not a single one was flawed. They were all in excellent condition and were exactly as I hoped they would be. The average age of the 5 bottles was 19 years, with the oldest being 25yrs. They were ALL good! It is true that many of the auctions opening bids are high relative to purchase prices from other retailers, but this is easily checked, using other websites. If you think the price is high, don't bid on it. How hard is that to figure out????? At any rate, my experience with customer service has been wonderful and the team there has been effective at accommodating all of my requests. I am confused by others' posts here. One person was very upset that he didn't receive his wine when he wanted it, because he didn't understand that he was participating in an auction. The world must be a very frustrating place to live for someone so ignorant!

It's true that WineBid may be a good source for hard-to-find wines, but it's tough to come up with an adjective that adequately describes their relative pricing and shipping speed. A 15% "buyer premium" and obnoxiously high shipping charges ($32 for a single bottle, ground delivery 3 states away) on top of the fact that the wine isn't shipped for 2-3 weeks after the auction closes? No thanks - won't make this mistake again.

I saw a few negative reviews that did not make sense and wanted to voice my support for winebid. I order multiple bottles a month. These are hard to find, or strict allocation wines. They do a great job of presenting them for sale. I have picked up from their facility in napa and they have had great customer service plus I can vouch for the cooling system cause that place is cold in the warehouse! If your looking for the best deals go to Bevmo but you won't find most of winebids offererings there. Two thumbs up from me, keep up the good work.

The worst customer service and treatment in any wine shopping experience I've had. I have since closed my account. Unreliable and untrustworthy behavior in dealing with me, which makes me question the trustworthiness of their wines especially given current scandals about fake wine in the news. Shoddy customer service. Simply terrible. Also, when you factor in all their charges, the wines are overpriced.

I needed a nice bottle of French wine for a get together. Found what I was looking for on WineBid and impressed my friends with a great, hard to find Burgundy.

Winebid is an auction site for wine. They have a large selection of wines from around the world and a new auction starts every Monday. Theoretically the consigner is supposed to reduce the price if noone bids. This is a good site if you are looking for a special wine you can't find it anywhere else and are willing to pay the price. However before you bid you should check whether the price is good on a site such as winesearcher. I have found that most of the wines I am interested in can be purchased for less elsewhere. You also have to factor in their 15%buyer's commission, tax and shipping which can add 30% to the cost. I think the company hurts itself by not encouraging the consigners to check sites like winesearcher to see what is the going market price. They then need to price their wine at least 20%-30% below that number since many stores offer case discounts, free shipping and if out of state, no sales tax. As a buyer I get burnt out looking through the wines and when I find something I like find out its actually cheaper at my local wine store. Eventually if buyers don't think they are getting good deals they will stop looking and go elsewhere.