Lot 852
Private Allocation Advisory
PARIS
Independent advisory for collectors building French fine wine positions. Sourcing combines an established Paris cellar partnership with selective direct producer
relationships — including exclusive single-barrel releases and allocations unavailable through standard retail. Engagements are structured as mandates. New clients by inquiry.
Structure
Clients engage Lot 852 on a mandate basis. The advisory identifies, negotiates, and secures allocations through an established cellar partnership in Paris, complemented by selective direct relationships with French producers for specific holdings — single-barrel exclusives, pre-release inventory, and vintage-specific allocations not accessible through retail channels.Pricing structure is disclosed in full at scoping. Advisory compensation is structured separately from any wine invoice so that clients understand exactly how the practice is paid on each engagement.
Principal — Stanley Wong
Ten years in Paris sourcing French fine wine for private clients across Europe, Asia, and North America. Mandates span the full French map — from grower Champagne and Burgundy premier cru to Loire, Jura, Corsica, Provence, and Languedoc — drawing on cellar relationships and producer contacts developed over a decade of in-person work in the trade.Clients include private collectors and family offices in Hong Kong, Taiwan, mainland China, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Individual acquisitions to date exceed €100,000; cumulative allocations across the practice and prior tenure with a Bordeaux négociant house exceed €1,000,000.Current coursework at IESA x Drouot (Paris) extends the practice's appraisal methodology into fine art and collectible objects — adjacent disciplines where the governing logic of provenance, scarcity, and condition applies identically.
Mandates
Three starting points. Final composition is shaped in the scoping conversation — each mandate is calibrated to the collector's objectives, cellar, and appetite across daily drinking, collectible wines, and icons.
Discovery — from €10,000
An entry allocation for collectors building a working cellar. Weighted toward daily drinking with a first serious collectible position — typically in an emerging region or a grower ahead of consensus. Suited to the collector who wants to establish provenance and taste before committing at scale.
Blue-Chip — from €25,000
The practice's core mandate. Balanced across all three layers, with meaningful positions in established collectible wines and a defined icon selection. Single-plot domaines and investment-grade vintages. Original wooden cases preserved where the allocation calls for it.
Alpha — from €50,000
Constructed to individual parameters. Accommodates pre-release allocations, single-barrel exclusives, and specific holdings sourced through cellar partnership and direct producer relationships. Composition and availability depend on the practice's current sourcing slate and are confirmed during scoping.
Starting figures are indicative. Actual composition is defined in the scoping conversation that follows inquiry.
On Regional Scope
The advisory covers French fine wine comprehensively. Burgundy, Champagne, and the Rhône remain the deepest pools of cellar relationships and the most common mandate composition, but significant allocations have been built in the Loire, Jura, Corsica, Provence, Languedoc, and the southern Rhône. Regional breadth is treated as a feature of the practice, not a dilution of it — several of the most successful client allocations of recent years have been concentrated in regions outside the Burgundy-Champagne axis.
Engagement
1. Inquiry.
Submit mandate parameters via the form below. Initial response within 48 hours, typically the same day. No cost. No obligation on either side.
2. Access.
Mandates proceed following payment of a flat €500 Advisory & Access fee. This unlocks the allocation architecture — specific domaines, parcels, vintages, and pricing — and reserves advisory time through execution. The fee is separate from any cellar invoice and is non-refundable. It exists so that advisory time is compensated independently of whether a given allocation completes.
3. Allocation.
Client settles allocation invoices through the established sourcing channel. Lot 852 does not take custody of client funds. Advisory fees are invoiced separately and disclosed in full at scoping.
4. Delivery.
Single custody chain from cellar to client vault, climate-controlled at 13°C, fully insured at replacement value. Transport conditions are specified in the allocation agreement and form part of the asset's documented provenance.
Inquiry
New mandates are opened by inquiry. If the advisory's structure and tier minimums align with your objectives, submit parameters below. Responses are written personally and typically arrive within 24 hours.
Lot 852 accepts a limited number of new mandates each quarter. Fit is assessed during inquiry.