Opportunistic management I ordered 3 bottles of wine from them and a few weeks after the COVID-19 nightmare began, I have a difficult economic situation so I asked them to cancel the transaction since I’m sure they can sell the wine to somebody else. After one month with no waiting for an answer, Lars sent me an email offering $110 per bottle when I paid $155, so my interpretation was him giving me a discount so I accept the wine. No I was wrong, the guy want to profit twice out of this unprecedented moment in history. I’m filling a credit card claim right now and possibly a BBB Complaint. Disgusting people, be aware and stay away from them.

Didn't ship product The product I purchased as a wedding gift for my friend was not shipped to her apartment. I saw her months after her wedding and asked her if she received the give because I had not received a thank you yet. She said she had not received it. She called wine cellerage and they shipped her her wine. But, if she had not called, i don't think she ever would have received it. She said this happened with others as well.

Wine in transit with UPS too long. My wine delivery was arranged with Cellarage well in advance to ship on Monday (11/30/15) for delivery by Thursday evening. My wine was picked up by UPS on Tuesday morning, instead of Monday, with delivery now scheduled for Friday evening. The UPS trailer arrived at the destination terminal (Austin, TX) Friday morning around 4:30 am, but my shipment was not unloaded until Saturday and not delivered until Monday evening. On Friday afternoon I received an email notification of a possible delay. Later on Friday afternoon, knowing the shipment had arrived in Austin, I spoke to a UPS customer service representative regarding why and when, to no avail.

Good Model Like your focus on featuring specific categories of wine with additional editorial content in your emails. This aligns with how I typically shop for wine/buy wine. Website also give me opportunity to shop differently (which is also good). Like having access to wines not often available from wine stores and/or reputable online wine sellers (e.g. champagne offerings) as I would not typically trust most online sellers. Have gotten bad bottles many times before (like the "cold storage" chain of custody idea that you discuss). Your checkout experience needs improvement (slow, hard to navigate, not integrated well with flow of shopping on the site) and pricing is sometimes a little bit high, but overall a great experience. Shipping is very professional and quick as well.

Significant delay in arrival When I placed my order in April I was told I would receive the wine in June. I did not receive the wine until the middle of September. While everyone was very pleasant to work with, this was an unreasonable delay.