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The
difficulty to obtain single bottles of mature wine was the reason we started
"Paulson Weinraritäten" in 1986. This company has specialised in the sale
of old and rare wines by mail order and has been growing steadily ever
since. We have over the years received an increasing amount of enquiries
from abroad, particularly since our first presence on the Internet in
1997. This has now led to the launch of rare-wine.com as a source
for great mature wine for the winelover anywhere in the world.
I love great wine and spend a large part of my time at tastings all over
the world. At most blind-tastings I've found that apart from the truly
"greats", whose quality we all know, there are always wines without such
great reputations that are very close in quality to these but at a fraction
of their price. It is a challenge for me to find these wines and to be
able to offer them to my customers. Since I have tasted a large range
of the greatest vintages and wines in the world, I can advise you on most
wines from my own experience.
We offer a great selection of mature vintages, in particular the very
best vintages this century. The main part of our offer consists of the
greatest red wine in the world - Bordeaux. There is also a reasonable
selection of Sauternes and Burgundy. A very exciting part is the list
of austrian wines. Here you will find a small, but exceptional selection
of some of the rarest and greatest dry white wines in the world. If you
don't believe me, I challenge you to try a bottle of Grüner Veltliner
from Knoll or Pichler next to your favourite white burgundy. You will
also find the biggest selection worldwide of the delicious sweet wines
from the great Alois Kracher. There are also smaller sections of hard-to-find
wines from other wine areas.
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can search our database by using any of three modes: search by vintage,
by producer or by region. |
| Here
you can download our entire catalogue in Word format. It contains all our
wines that you may also find in our Shop, but without personal comments.
This consists of between 40 and 50 pages. |
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By
using our safe online system: As you study our shop you just need to click
the  sign next to the wine
to place that wine in your shopping basket. Doing this doesn't commit you
to a purchase, as you can always remove it before finally passing the order
on to us. |
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By
fax: +49-(0)8581-910147 |
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By
phone: +49-(0)8581-910145 (Between 9.00 and 18.00 - Central European Time).
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By
e-mail: sales@rare-wine.com
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The
prices are ex-cellars Waldkirchen, Germany. The wines will be securely packed
by us for the transport at no extra cost, however the costs of shipping,
insurance, provision of for some countries necessary paperwork and any bankcharges
will be added at cost price.
Below please find a list of estimated prices including insurance
for shipping by UPS for a selection of countries. If your
country is not among them please contact us for an estimate. |
Price
in Euro
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Zone 1 |
Zone 1 Ex |
Zone 3 |
Zone 4 |
Zone 5 |
Zone 6 |
Zone 31 |
Zone 7 Ex |
Zone 9 Ex |
Zone 10 Ex |
Zone 11 Ex |
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DE |
UPS Express DE |
AT, BE, CZ, NL |
DK, FI, FR, GB, SE |
GR, IE, PT, ES, IT |
CH, NO, LI |
PO, SK, SL |
US, CA |
CN, SK, JP, SG, TW |
AU, BR, KR, PH |
IL, MO, NZ, ZA |
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8,00
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20,00
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12,00
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16,00
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20,00
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22,00
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16,00
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65,00
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70,00
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80,00
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77,00
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8,00
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20,00
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12,00
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16,00
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20,00
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24,00
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16,00
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75,00
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110,00
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120,00
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125,00
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8,00
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25,00
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15,00
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18,00
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22,00
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26,00
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19,00
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100,00
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140,00
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180,00
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185,00
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10,00
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35,00
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19,00
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25,00
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26,00
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39,00
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22,00
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130,00
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210,00
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240,00
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250,00
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8,00
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20,00
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12,00
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14,00
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22,00
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26,00
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19,00
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70,00
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80,00
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95,00
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95,00
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10,00
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25,00
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15,00
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18,00
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22,00
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26,00
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19,00
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98,00
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140,00
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180,00
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165,00
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| 1er |
3,00 |
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| 2er |
4,00 |
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| 3er |
5,00 |
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| 6er |
6,00 |
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| Magnum |
4,00 |
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You
may pay by:
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| Credit card through
our safe encrypted system, or by giving us your card informations by phone
or fax. |
| Bank transfers. Please
take care that all bankcharges are paid by you as the wines will only be
shipped after full payment has been received.
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on delivery (Nachnahme) - only available in Germany.
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This
list cancels all previous lists and offers. All wines are offered subject
to availability and remain the property of Paulson Rare Wine eK.
until payment is received in full.
The
prices are in Euro and include sales tax or VAT (at present 19%) with
the exception of wines marked "broking". Regarding the possibility
for refund of the VAT for shipments outside of the EU, please contact
us. Payment is due within 14 days after the date of invoice.
Wines
will only be shipped abroad after full payment has been received. Our
cellars in Waldkirchen are deemed as point of sale, but as we do not
have a shop, wines can only be collected after prior appointment.
We
can arrange shipping for you and the wines will be securely packed by
us for the transport at no extra cost. However the costs of shipping,
insurance, provision of for some countries necessary paperwork and any
bankcharges will be added to your invoice at cost price.
Every
effort will be made to describe the condition of the wines as precise
as possible, however no guarantee regarding the quality can be made
with wine, as this is also dependent on conditions beyond our control.
There is always a risk of cork failure with old wines as corks lose
their elasticity with age and may fail during or after shipment, and
we can not accept responsibility for this after the wine has left our
cellars.
Insurance
claims can only be considered if breakage has been reported to the carrier
at the time of delivery and reported to us within one week.
Regarding
shipment of wine to the USA.
Regarding
shipment of wine to the USA. Before sending you wine it is important
to make sure that you may import these into the US. To import alcoholic
beverages for commercial use you must have an import licence. It should
however be possible for a person on a one-time basis to import small
quantities of wine for personal use. As import regulations vary from
state to state it is essential for you to find out how the situation
is in your case as we can not take any responsibilities for wines getting
stuck at customs. There is also the added difficulty with shipping of
the wines. The US Mail will not ship wine within the US and FedEx and
other parcel services will not send it to the US if the recipient does
not have an import licence. We suggest that you speak to your local
wine shop and ask them to import it for you using your or his FedEx
account, sending us the filled out shipping papers beforehand. Another
solution would be if you or a friend of yours would bring the wine as
handluggage to the US. We can send the wine to any adress in Europe.
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high
fill: normal fill. Level of young wines. Exceptionalley good in wines
over
10 years old.
into
neck: can be level of fill. Perfectly good for any age of wine. Outstandingly
good for a wine of 10 years in bottle, or longer.
top-shoulder:
normal level for any
claret 15 years old or older.
upper-shoulder:
slight natural reduction through easing of cork and evaporation
through cork and capsule. Usually no problem. Acceptable for any wine
over 20 years old. Exceptional for pre-1940 wines.
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mid-shoulder:
probably some weakening of the cork and some risk. Not abnormal for wines
30/40 years of age.
mid-low-shoulder: some risk. Low estimates, usually no reserve.
low-shoulder: risky and usually only accepted for sale if wine or
label exceptionally rare or interesting. Always offered without reserve
and with low estimate.
below low-shoulder : not acceptable for sale unless a rare sort of
bottle. Wine will usually be undrinkable.
Courtesy of Christie's |
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It
was not that long ago the custom that the châteaux and domaines sold all
or part of their wines by the cask to the trade, who in turn bottled the
wines themselves. The first châteaux that started to exclusively bottle
at the property were, in the 1920s, Mouton, Lafite, Latour, Haut Brion
and Yquem. Many other top growths like Châteaux Margaux, Cheval Blanc
and Pétrus sold part of their wine in cask as late as the 1950s and 1960s.
It is only since 1972 that château-bottlings is obligatory for Cru Classés
in Bordeaux. In Burgundy it was even rarer to find domaine-bottlings before
the 1970s.
The quality compared to the château-bottlings vary greatly depending on
who the bottlers were - there were admittedly a few black sheep who added
inferior wine to make more money, but this was the exception and these
bottles are rarely seen today. There were however a group of winemerchants
whose bottlings not only were as good as, but often better than the château-bottlings.
The reason for this was first that the buyers from the good winehouses
tasted the wines cask by cask, and then bought the best casks after having
negociated the price for that particular cask (at this time it was customary
to bottle from cask to cask instead of first blending the wines in the
large fermentation tanks). Secondly, the winemerchants were mostly better
financially situated than the winegrowers, and could hence afford more
new barriques, better corks and were able to bottle under cleaner and
more controlled conditions. The wines were also bottled at the optimum
time, whereas the growers mostly bottled when there was nothing else to
do in the vineyards. This could lead to bottlings taking place over several
months and then cask by cask, explaining the sometimes large bottle variations.
Some of the most reliable négociant-bottlings come from renowned houses
such as Berry Brothers, Van-der-Meulen, Barrière, Hanappier, Barton &
Gustier, Thienpont, Sanders, Grafé-Lecocq, Avery's, Reidemeister & Ullrich,
Justerini & Brooks but to name a few. You will be able to find excellent
value for your money here as these bottlings often cost much less than
the château-bottlings. We will be able to advice you from our long experience
with négociant bottlings.
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Paulson
Rare Wine eK.
Represent by the owner
Jan-Erik Paulson
Erlenhain 11
94065 Waldkirchen
Tel.: +49(0)8581- 910145, (0)700-RAREWINE
Fax: +49(0)8581-910147
E-Mail: paulson@rare-wine.com
Registergericht AG Passau HRB Nr. 8187
Ust-Ident-Nummer DE 813900929
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