The term ‘In Bond’ denotes that the wines or spirits have not yet incurred duty or VAT charges. As a result, these items must be stored in a bonded warehouse.
Our warehouse has received approval from HM Customs & Excise for In Bond storage, allowing you to securely store your items with us without the immediate obligation to pay duty or VAT.
Please click here for the most recent information on our warehouse storage fees, VAT, and Duty charges.
Our climate-controlled warehouse will protect your wine from changes in temperature, humidity, light and movement. This allows your wine to mature in optimum conditions.
Our expert team inspects every bottle of wine that comes into our warehouse, ensuring quality and provenance.
All wines and spirits that are stored In Bond with us are insured at replacement value.
By storing your wine In Bond you are able to defer the payment of VAT and duty to when you do want to withdraw the case.
Only In Bond wines can be sold with BBX so by storing your wines In Bond you have access to our fine wine exchange.
The majority of our wines can be bought In Bond. They must be unmixed cases, which are usually 6 or 12 bottles, 24 half bottles or 3 or 6 magnums.
In Bond prices do not include UK duty or VAT and can only be delivered to a UK address once these taxes have been paid.
If you buy In Bond wines for delivery outside the UK then you will not have to pay UK duty or VAT but local taxes may apply in the destination country.
If you buy wine that’s stored elsewhere In Bond, you can choose to have it transferred to our warehouse without paying any duty or VAT, subject to an inspection.
You can browse wines to buy In Bond or for delivery direct from Berry Bros. & Rudd, but all wines on BBX are sold In Bond.
You can choose to have your In Bond wine delivered to you at any time. We can provide delivery to the UK and internationally.
Withdrawals of part cases are charged at £10 per product.
You will need to pay the duty and VAT on any wines you withdraw.
VAT is payable on the original purchase price of the wine not its current market value.
It can take up to 2 additional working days to process your request to deliver your wine. During peak times (for instance Christmas) this can take longer but we will communicate this in advance.
See more information on UK deliveries and international deliveries.
Any wines transferred to our warehouse must be In Bond and cases must be complete and in their original packaging. We can only accept wines from bonded warehouses in the UK that are registered with HM Revenue and Customs.
To transfer In Bond wines to us, we’ll need the wine name, vintage, case size and price paid. We’ll also need a copy of the invoice or a spreadsheet from the bonded warehouse that your wine is currently stored in. To arrange a transfer, please contact us.
We’ll send you a document to give to the merchant or bonded warehouse you’re transferring your wine from, so they can contact us to arrange the transfer.
Once we’ve received your wine we’ll inspect the stock carefully before accepting it into our warehouse. We charge an admin fee of £7.50 for a case of any size.
We can arrange to transfer your In Bond wine from the Berry Bros. & Rudd warehouse to another bonded warehouse. This won’t incur any duty or VAT charges. We charge an administration fee of £15 for the first case and £1 for each subsequent case.
We can arrange delivery for a fee, which we calculate per transferred case based on the destination warehouse.
Alternatively, you can arrange to have your cases collected from our warehouse. To get an accurate quote, please email customergoodsout@bbr.com.
Please click here for the most recent information on our warehouse storage fees, VAT, and Duty charges.
