Becoming more organized is one of the most common New Year’s resolutions, and a great place to start is with your wine collection. After a busy holiday season, bottles get tucked away, drinking windows shift, and prized acquisitions can lose visibility. A post-holiday reset isn’t just about organization—it’s about rediscovering the intention behind your collection, putting a plan in place for 2026 and beyond.
Maximizing Your Assets
Whether you are looking to create a “clean slate” or simply document your estate, a professional cellar review brings structure back to your collection by identifying the following:
- Market Trends: What is currently “hot” in the secondary market and what needs more time.
- Strategic Exits: Which bottles are ready for auction, brokerage, or private sale to maximize financial return.
- Valuation & Compliance: Fresh inventory reviews and appraisals essential for estate and trust documentation.
Our team of experts can assist with figuring out your plan for the year ahead to rediscover the intention behind your collection.
Wine Acquisitions
If you are looking for a certain vintage or case to bolster your collection, our team can handle the legwork of tracking down what you need.
- Retailers: If we do not carry the inventory, we work with some of the nation’s leading wine retailers who keep us up to date on any potential opportunities to buy from retail.
- Private collectors: In addition to our own portfolio of clients, UOVO has cultivated personal relationships with some of the world’s leading wine collectors, which can lead to rare and exclusive opportunities not available to the general public.
Building the Perfect Home Cellar
Once you know what is coming in and going out of your cellar, we can also organize your space to make it work for you.
- Collections are arranged by region, producer, vintage, and cuvée, prioritizing aesthetics as well as accessibility to keep your cellar stocked with ready to drink selections while young wines mature at home and in storage.
- Emergency processes are available to ensure your wine remains safe in the event of any unforeseen circumstances, including proper documentation needed for insurance adjusters (floods, wildfires, etc.).
Ready for your 2026 cellar audit? Contact Chris Zago, the UOVO Wine’s Advisory Director, to get started.