SUPPORT & QUESTIONS
(512) 501-1536
team@estatewinebrokers.com
OUR HOURS
Our office hours are 9am-5pm CST Monday through Friday. Our office will be closed for the following holidays in 2022:
- New Year's Day
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Memorial Day
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas Eve
- New Year's Eve
What We Do at Estate Wine Brokers
The secondary market for fine wine is much like the fine art market—dynamic, exclusive, and influenced by global trends in luxury investing. At Estate Wine Brokers, our mission is to help clients successfully navigate this space by offering strategic guidance on investing in fine wine, building world-class collections, and knowing exactly how to sell your wine collection when the timing is right.
With more than 30 years of combined experience in the high end fine wine market, we bring transparency and expertise to every transaction. Whether you’re a seasoned collector or exploring a fine wine investment fund for portfolio diversification, we connect buyers and sellers with unmatched access to global market data.
Our team specializes in sourcing investment-grade bottles from privately held cellars and prestigious estates, traveling the world to verify provenance and inspect condition firsthand. This meticulous approach ensures that every wine we offer meets the standards demanded by serious investors.
But Estate Wine Brokers goes beyond sourcing. We provide a full suite of services tailored to today’s fine wine investor:
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Portfolio strategy and advisory for clients seeking to understand trends shaping the high-end wine market.
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Appraisals and valuations to give clarity on the worth of your collection in today’s shifting global market.
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Sell-side assistance and logistics, offering step-by-step support when you’re ready to realize gains and sell your wine collection with maximum return.
In a world where demand for rare Bordeaux, Burgundy, and cult California wines continues to evolve, our role is to help investors capture opportunity and hedge against volatility. For those exploring alternatives to traditional assets, fine wine investment offers both cultural enrichment and compelling long-term performance.
At Estate Wine Brokers, we blend passion, precision, and investment acumen to help clients succeed in one of the world’s most exclusive asset classes.
OUR STORY
Estate Wine Brokers was founded by Alex Andrawes, an entrepreneur who spent his formative years in North Africa observing archeological digs alongside his father. These excavations unearthed numerous Ancient Greek and Roman amphorae and other wine vessels, sparking Andrawes’s lifelong interest in wine as a commodity with the power to move people across oceans. Later Andrawes attended the University of Texas at Austin where he created a business plan for Personal Wine, a gifting service that allows customers to create their own custom-labeled and engraved bottles of wine.
Originally founded in 1999 while Andrawes was still in college, Personal Wine has grown to become the #1 online source for customized wine bottles and accessories, and in 2016 the company was honored as one of INC's 500 Fastest Growing Companies in America. Based on the continued success of Personal Wine, Andrawes expanded his portfolio by founding the beloved but now-shuttered Red Room Lounge, a wine bar, retailer, and wine storage facility in downtown Austin.
In 2013, Andrawes formed Estate Wine Brokers, turning his personal hobby of sourcing and trading rare and investment-grade wines into a lucrative business. Additionally, in 2017 Andrawes released his first published book, Investing In Fine Wine: How to Buy, Sell, and Profit from the World's Most Delicious Asset. Today Andrawes is an active member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) and is also a founder and innovator in the cannabis industry. Andrawes lives in Austin with his family and enjoys playing the guitar and traveling in his free time.
For general inquiries, please use the contact form below. PS. Don't forget to visit our sister site personalwine.com for all of your gifting needs.