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WINE SHIPPING INSURANCE – IS YOUR COLLECTION SAFE?
From the delivery of a newly acquired Grand Cru to a cross-country relocation of one’s entire cellar, wine shipping is the collector’s necessary evil. You can protect yourself and your collection in two ways: procure a seasoned door-to-door wine shipper, and ensure that you have the proper wine shipping insurance. Regardless of how detail-oriented and safe shippers are, the reality is that any time a bottle leaves your cellar, it exposed to a number of risk factors.
MGA’s Uncork Multiple New Program Niches
Morgan, a senior vice president for Bliss & Glennon, a Redondo Beach, Calif.-based wholesale brokerage and managing general agent (MGA), recalls reading a few years ago a Wall Street Journal article about wine collectors—in particular, the marital squabbles that develop between husbands who collect rare vintages and wives who don’t understand why they can’t drink from the prized bottles.