San Francisco, November 3, 2004 -- Vinfolio announced today that it has launched a fully integrated suite of online tools and collector services designed to serve the needs of serious wine collectors. For $20 per month, Vinfolio members have unlimited access to VinCellar™, a comprehensive online cellar management tool which unifies all aspects of managing a wine collection-from tracking storage and cost details to viewing professional reviews and pricing data.
Along with its website and cellar management tool, Vinfolio announced the opening of a state-of-the-art full-service storage facility in San Francisco, with plans to expand to additional metropolitan areas based on membership needs. Vinfolio also offers its members highly personalized services which include acquisition, collection building and personal collection selling. For an additional fee, Vinfolio offers members on-location inventorying services. Vinfolio provides a complimentary 30-day membership which allows collectors an opportunity to evaluate their complete offering.
"Vinfolio is a full-service organization for the serious wine collector," said Stephen Bachmann, Vinfolio founder and CEO. "For the first time wine collectors can manage their wine, store their wine and have a personal wine consultant who will help acquire or sell their wine all under the same roof. It's one-stop-shopping-which, while fairly common in other industries, is entirely new for wine collectors."
Vinfolio's promise of true integration means that any detail of a wine collection is visible through VinCellar. When members purchase wine from Vinfolio, it is automatically updated in their VinCellar account. Wine purchased from other sources can also be easily added to VinCellar. When a collection is viewed in VinCellar, members have access to all relevant content at the same time, including pricing data, professional reviews, scores and drink dates. If a member chooses to store wine at Vinfolio's full-service storage facility, it is inventoried, barcoded and entered into VinCellar. And, when a wine is ready to drink, Vinfolio can deliver it to a member's door.
Founded by Stephen Bachmann, Vinfolio (www.vinfolio.com) is a privately held company based in San Francisco. Vinfolio offers a totally unique and comprehensive suite of collector-centric online tools and services that unify all aspects of wine collecting-from acquisition and selling to management and storage-and combines them with an unprecedented level of personalized customer service.