Acker and Tastingbook.com launch wine appraisal service

American auction house Acker Merrall & Condit and wine review website Tastingbook.com have teamed up to launch a wine appraisal service.

The ‘easy-to-use’ service will be available for Tastingbook.com members and Acker Merrall customers who are keen to have their wine collections valued quickly.

There will be the option to upload your entire wine collection in the My Wine Cellar section of the website, which will be appraised by Acker Merrall & Condit. The service is also available for individual wines. Each time, a confidential, automated appraisal request will be sent to Acker Merrall.

Tastingbook.com founder Pekka Nuikki

Collectors can use the service to determine when, how and where to most effectively auction a portion of their wine collection, or indeed the whole thing.

Tastingbook.com, which bills itself as the world’s largest wine information source, was launched in 2015 by Finnish wine writer Pekka Nuikki.

“I’m a frequent contributor and user of Tastingbook.com because it’s easy to use, fun and informative, and has a sophistication and polish that is unique.

“When Pekka and I began to discuss the need for an easy to use appraisal site for his members during late 2016, I immediately said ‘yes, let’s do this together’”, said Acker Merrall & Condit chairman John Kapon.

“As the world’s largest wine auction firm, we know how important it is for people to be able to know quickly and confidentially the value of their collections,” he added.

Tastingbook.com has over a million pages of wine information, over 400,000 tasting notes and 1.5 million visitors every month from 76 countries.

Over 6,000 wine professionals from 59 countries keep the site updated with tasting notes, tasting reports from around the world and food pairings.

The site also offers it members information on individual producers, wines, vintages, wine investment, wine news, and how to best serve specific wines. Membership to Tastingbook.com is free.