Wine Societies The World's Best Online Wine Auction

Online, May 26, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Auctions have become a great place to find wines that can't be purchased locally. As a bidder we found that Wine Societies opens a whole new world of wine to the buyer. The first of its kind Wine Societies provides a venue for individuals to auction or sell their vintage wines to licensed retailers, wholesalers and wineries. Whether you're a Winery or a Collector who wants to sell vintage wine directly to licensed buyers Wine Societies offers wine aficionados a brilliant service connecting buyers and sellers worldwide where the product and monies are exchanged directly between each other, upon the successful completion of an Auction or Sale process.

Wine Societies membership is completely free and registration takes less than 1 minute. The sellers use their platform free of charge and buyers pay the lowest commission rate of 10% of any wine auction Marketplace. Through partnerships with import, export and domestic distribution entities, Wine Societies is able to offer their services to buyers and sellers worldwide.

Today Wine sales in the U.S. are more robust than ever. Prices for wines tracked by the Wine Spectator Auction Index in the first quarter of 2010 rose a solid 6 percent from the previous quarter, continuing an upward trend that began more than six months earlier. In comparison, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 4.1 percent in value over the same time period. "This points to the fact that the market is strong, and high value wines are in great demand," observed Charles Curtis, head of Christie's North American wine sales. This is just one of the reasons that make the Wine Societies so successful.

So whether you are looking for a Château Latour 2005 French Bordeaux or a Reichsgraf von Plettenberg Eiswein Pfalz, Wine Societies enables licensed retailers, wholesalers and wineries access to the private collections of many discerning wine connoisseurs from around the world. The entire process is simple, efficient and discrete. While buyers and sellers are known to each other only by their screen-names, they are still able to "message" each other, in order to exchange more information regarding the wine, placement, pricing, shipping, etc. Only after a sale is final does the system let each party know of the others' contact information.

The company was started by Raj Ramamurti who's mission was to make the selling and buying of wine simpler and more efficient, so that more people can enjoy fine wine. "Veritas Amor Vinum" is a reflection of his personal values and also what Wine Societies stands for which is a better way of doing business that benefits all, in this very important industry.

Winesocieties.com is the best of the bunch offering some unbelievable deals on older wines, no fees to sellers, lowest commission and best of all Fine Wine Collectors need not part with or consign their wine before a buyer is found making it easier for all their members to sell, buy and enjoy wine.