Spectrum Wine Auctions

I’ve been purchasing wine through Spectrum’s auction house for about 7 years. Probably longer than my wife wanted me to, but that’s another story. With only a few misses, I’ve had a great experience of purchasing some unique and well-​aged wines through the auction house. Although I was able to purchase some incredible wines at very good prices during the very early years that I participated, with the economy improving and, I think, more people participating in the bidding, the prices purchased these last few years have not been the deals as they were in the past. But the selection of the wines is excellent and I continue to purchase from Spectrum to this very day, albeit somewhat less than in years past.
I did not rate them 5 stars only for the fact that the buyer’s premium is high (probably the norm for an auction house, so this is just my perception not based on any comparison), and the prices have escalated somewhat as noted above.‘
Overall, great job and I hope others do visit their website and buy wine through via this method. Just don’t outbid me!!! ;-)

I’m all about wine, but there is another level of wine that extends past my knowledge namely since it was entirely too expensive to participate. Seeing the publications for Spectrum I always thought this was one of those elite places that would be somewhat depressing since I would not participate in buying anything. However, on a recent trip there with a managing partner I discovered they had a small retail footprint in there office that is open 9 – 5 M-​F. We had to have staff call a specialist to open the room up even though we came in within working hours. The sales rep was extremely helpful and unbiased to expensive wine. He was simply guiding us to a proper choice that he thought would taste amazing paired with our upcoming Italian meal.
There were plenty of options available under the $ 100 mark. What was really nice is the vintage selection of retail wines. I was able to get a few Brunello di Montalcino 2006, and prior years under $ 60. FYI, most of the selection is French and Italian (old world) wines.
With fair prices, and a location close to work, it will be hard to purchase wine elsewhere.