Sell Unwanted Wine

Quitelife

Herself doesnt drink at all and id go for a pint twice a year maybe but in the past two years between christmas presents and gifts weve ended up with a dozen bottles of wine neither of us have any interest in .

Some of the bottles look fancy and could have 30/40 euro and others run of the mill tenner bottles of wine, i was going to try flog the dozen for 50 or 60 euro but it appears one cant do that online, any thoughts , not sure i want to just give them away either for nought.

elperello

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058229605/sell-unwanted-wine

Anyone who drinks wine would happily give you €60 for 12 bottles.

Just try friends or relations.

Obviously not any of those who gave you presents of wine 🙂

Trigger Happy

Those wines with a retail value of 50-60 will be hard to shift for anything near that price. Anyone paying that price would want their money back should one or some of the bottles be corked or have fake labels (yes, thats a thing). Opens you, the seller, up to schiesters and chancers.

So your best bet would be to re-gift them to people you know will appreciate them. They will be too polite to complain if the wine is rancid.

That said - you have me thirsty now for posh plonk.

woodchuck

We're also not wine drinkers and most people know that, but we still manage to accumulate bottles!

I use them for cooking instead or else just give them away to friends/family.

bennyineire

Just give them to your friends and don't be such a tight wad, you basically got them for free anyway. Also selling alcohol is technically illegal if you don't have a license

Car99

Force yourself to drink a bottle a night for 12 nights problem solved. New problem created though, possibly.

Fathom

Have more pasta meals. Goes great with a glass.

silver2020

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The op is saying that they will sell all 12 for €50/€60 for the lot. Basically a fiver each.

Probably €10-€15 bottles.

I'd give them to a local club/school for adding to raffle prizes

Supercell

I'll happily take off your hands OP for a "donation" of €60 if you are based in Dublin south, PM if interested.

maestroamado

How old is it... year on each bottle... was it stored upright or on its side...

I wouldn't mind buying expensive wine as i couldn't ever justify full price...

Car99

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118526516#Comment_118526516

Is there a difference between technically illegal and illegal?

Fallout2022

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118527396#Comment_118527396

Technically yes, there is a difference.

Fallout2022

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118526632#Comment_118526632

I bid €61. And a box of Quality Street we got at christmas.

Dtp1979

I’ll take them boss

corner of hells

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118527438#Comment_118527438

I have a bumper off a 2001 fiesta and a box of chipsticks, that's my bid.

Purple Mountain

Can charity shops take them for hampers?

Yea I'd regift them during the year and use them for marinades/gravy etc.

I'm not really a wine drinker either and I regifted 3 bottles since Xmas!

Kept one, drank 2 glasses and the next day remembered why I can't drink it 🙃

maestroamado

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118527447#Comment_118527447

wind up i be thinking...

maestroamado

bennyineire

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118527396#Comment_118527396

Depends on if it's white collar or blue collar crime and how good your solicitor is 😁

TheIrishGrover

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118529436#Comment_118529436

In a thread on AH about wine and you didn't go "White Collar or..... Red Collar"?

Shame on you. You have besmirched the bad name of AH.

Also. What is this "Unwanted" wine.... That is surely an oxymoron.

DavyD_83

I'd happily take them off your hands for €70 in Dublin.

Pm if you want, and I'll collect this week

Faolchu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118526038#Comment_118526038

yep i regift every time i get some. Dog goomer, post man, mechnaic that keep my heap of **** alive that sort of thing. I dont drink them so someone else may as well enjoy them.

Saladin Ane

You are expressly forbidden by the K9 Society to gift wine to "dog goomers". Try the cat goomers society!

silliussoddius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118527396#Comment_118527396

They're both sick birds.

Checkout what they are worth and how decent they are (anything with a score of 3.8 or more is decent) on the vivino app (free app on android or ios)

Any label can be made to look "fancy" and could in fact be little better than vinegar and let's be honest, it doesn't sound like you know much about wine

Then give them away on the basis of (Score - 2.5) x Price to the most deserving candidates amongst people you know

BurgerFace

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058229605/sell-unwanted-wine

I'll buy them off you if you want. The gf is Italian and to her a dinner without wine is sacrilege. What part of the country are you in? PM if you like.

brokenangel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058229605/sell-unwanted-wine

PM me a list and I iwll buy them and arrange a decent price

Quitelife

In dubin this week if anyone is interested in a dozen mixed bottles

Grump3

Apologies for resurrecting an oldish thread but on the back of the question of selling unwanted wine, spirits etc. Is it legal to swap or trade them? Or is this still considered selling under law?

randomname2005

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119566082#Comment_119566082

Again, what is technically illegal and what is illegal? Giving someone a bottle of alcohol, sure most of us would be in prison if it was illegal and enforced with the amount of wine and spirits gifted for birthdays, Xmas etc. Swapped cases of spirits, wine, beer for goods or services, different story . Swapping a bottle of spirit X for spirit Y, can't see any guard or judge having an issue with it, but at large volume, possibly.

What are we talking here?

Grump3

Sorry, I should have been more specific. I would have no issue swapping, giving to or selling unwanted alcoholic drinks to friends or family. I've just always wondered why there is no platform like adverts.ie or some such to to swap/trade (not sell) your unwanted goods.

We have at many times had bottles of this that or the other left over from Christmas, birthdays and so on. On more than one occasion we've had to pour the contents down the drain as no one we knew wanted what we had for various reasons.

Spent the day today clearing out presses and come across a number of bottles of champagne and wine we've tried a few times to give away to friends/family without success.

Down the drain again?

It's such a complete waste.

moslo

If you can't drink, sell or give away the wine then rather than throw it out use it in cooking, even if you don't like the taste of straight wine it is transformed in cooking and can make very tasty dishes.

Make meals that use a considerable amount of the wine (e.g a bottle) such as Coq au Vin or Boeuf Bourguignon.

06608124

If you ever have again let me know and I will buy!

Victor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118527438#Comment_118527438

Which Christmas?