What is En Primeur?
“En Primeur” is a French wine trade term for wine which is sold as a ‘future’, i.e. before it is bottled – usually one or two years after the En Primeur offer. The most important annual offerings come from Bordeaux, Burgundy, Italy and the Rhône. For many wines, and certainly for the most sought-after, the En Primeur price is the cheapest way of securing the wines you want. Customers pay the opening price as soon as the offer is made and the wine is then shipped 2-3 years later. Once you have paid the additional costs of duty and VAT, you can take delivery of your order.
