Wine Storage & Cellar Management — Bonded, Digital, and Market-Ready

Keep More of Your Wine’s Value — Avoid the 15% U.S. Tariff with Rue Pinard Bonded Custody

Store and trade in Rue Pinard’s bonded warehouse. No upfront import duty, retain institutional provenance, and market-ready liquidity—holding costs under 1.5% of value.

Many collectors storing in the U.S. pay a hidden drag: the 15% tariff plus shipping and clearance just to get their case on shore. At Rue Pinard, your wine stays in Liv-ex bonded custody—so you avoid that upfront tariff entirely unless and until you choose to import. Our custody cost is negligible in comparison (roughly €55 per case per year including handling), and we layer in seamless market access and verified provenance. That’s immediate savings of nearly $900 on a $5,000 case compared to importing and storing locally, giving you pricing flexibility or stronger margins when selling.

As a Liv-Ex member, Rue Pinard holds your wines in bonded storage in Belgium, London, or Bordeaux, preserving value with deferred duties while guaranteeing provenance and condition. Collectors and professionals in the U.S, but also in Europe and Asia, get a turnkey, institutional-grade custody and management solution with seamless pathways to the global secondary market.

Enhanced Impression of Liv-Ex bonded storage in Belgium

Premium Environmental & Bonded Custody:
Your wines are stored in Liv-ex’s bonded, climate-controlled facilities, ensuring ideal aging conditions with constant temperature and humidity regulation, and protection from light and vibration. Being in bond means duties and VAT are suspended while your wine remains under secure, professional care, preserving value and flexibility until you choose to release, consume, or trade.

Why Rue Pinard Wins vs U.S. Import & Storage 

• No upfront 15% U.S. tariff: Your case remains in bonded Liv-ex storage—tariff deferred until physical import is needed.
• Low carry cost: Bonded custody and handling run under ~1.5% of a typical case value annually.
• Market-ready liquidity: List or sell globally before ever triggering import duties.
• Provenance & trust: Institutional verification via Liv-ex passports and bonded documentation.
• Immediate price advantage: On a $5,000 case, you avoid the $750 tariff plus ~$200 logistics—saving roughly $900 compared to a fully imported-in U.S. storage path.

The above is also valid for EU customers, where, instead of tariff, avoiding VAT might be a concern.

Integrated Digital Control & Market Access:
Through your Rue Pinard account, manage every aspect of your collection: schedule deliveries, request pickups, and instantly list bottles for sale on the global market with the assistance of Rue Pinard. The Liv-ex integration means wines in our custody can be verified, tracked, and made available for professional market transactions with minimal friction.

Enhanced Impression of Liv-Ex bonded storage in Belgium

Authentication, Documentation & Condition Reporting:
Upon intake, each bottle is carefully inspected, authenticated, and photographed. Wines sourced directly via Rue Pinard (or acquired elsewhere) receive the same expert condition assessment, ensuring provenance transparency and giving you confidence in both storage and future disposition.

Compared to traditional import-and-store (which locks in tariff and duty costs) and full-service investment platforms, Rue Pinard gives you bonded custody with an ultra-lean carry cost—roughly €55 per case per year for storage, intake, and market readiness on modest volumes. That’s in the same ballpark as the premium storage platforms, and materially cheaper than investment company alternatives, while preserving flexibility, deferred tariff exposure, and direct access to global liquidity.

Your collection resides in high-security bonded warehouses monitored 24/7. All stock is insured, and movements are controlled and documented. Ownership remains unequivocally yours while we safeguard the physical and financial integrity of your cellar.

Enhanced Impression of Liv-Ex bonded storage in Belgium

Effortless Global Fulfillment:
When you decide to move, sell, or withdraw wine, Rue Pinard leverages Liv-ex’s logistics backbone for safe, documented transfer—using protective packaging and temperature-aware shipping—so bottles arrive in the same condition they were stored.

Rue Pinard Tariff list

Sales Margin Tiers (applied when you engage us to sell on your behalf):
1–9 cases: 15%
10–49 cases: 10%
50+ cases: 5%

Example Cost of holding a 5000 euro case

Key insight: Holding a €5,000 case with Rue Pinard costs roughly €65/year versus the ≈€994 drag already embedded by importing and storing in the U.S. That’s immediate value preserved—without prepaying tariffs—while still being market-ready. Compared to full-service competitors, Rue Pinard sits well below UK investment companies on cost and is competitive with EU investment companies while offering explicit bonded custody and sales optionality.

*Assumes goods are already in bond and exludes possible Customs brokerage / electronic entry (bonded declaration) and filing the electronic customs entry to place goods into bond, handling paperwork, communicating with authorities to  estimated at €75–€150 per entry.

Start protecting value today. Open your Rue Pinard account, place your wines in our bonded custody, and see how much you save versus upfront import. Talk to our team to model your specific case value and order volume—custom quotes available.