Shipping

We understand that shipping is an important service for our customers. This is why we work hard to develop strong relationships with our delivery partners to ship to as many global locations as possible, stay up to date with all international regulations and provide the best possible service.  

Lots are now sold from both our UK and EU offices - click to find out how the opening of our EU office expands the services we can offer you.

5 July 2021 update: We monitor shipping regularly, particularly over the last few months due to changes surrounding our EU office and Brexit. As such, we have amended our shipping charges and provided further information in relation to some countries. Please make sure that before you bid, you familiarise yourself with the information below. Some changes to note are the introduction of a new zone for shipments to Sweden, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Italy for UK-based lots, and updated costs for shipping EU-based lots from our Germany office.

See below for information about the delivery options in your country. 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING SHIPMENTS 

• All prices quoted are based on a standard 70cl bottle and therefore may vary for heavier or larger bottles. 
• Prices are inclusive of VAT where applicable. 
• All deliveries must be signed for upon arrival by persons over the legal drinking age in the destination country - proof of age may be required. 
• Deliveries will take place Monday to Friday
• Delivery companies may require contact details for the recipient. Please include a phone number or email with the recipient address when placing an order. 
• Due to the various ages of bottles and their seals, condition of liquid is at the buyer's discretion. Buyers can purchase Loss & Breakage Assurance at the checkout stage to cover for loss and breakage in transit. Where this has not been selected, no claim can be lodged against failure/leakage in transit and the risk of loss and/or breakage in transit is exclusively held by the customer; no claims shall be entered into by or against Whisky Auctioneer. 
• All orders from our UK office being shipped out of the UK may be eligible for local taxation and duties upon arrival in the destination country, which are payable by the customer.  
• All orders from our EU office shipped out of the EU may be eligible for local taxation and duties upon arrival in the destination country, which are payable by the customer. 
• We are unable to provide refunds on purchases which have been destroyed, delayed or returned to us due to customs, administrative issues and/or unpaid fees/taxes.
• If shipping orders from multiple offices (e.g., one order from UK and another from EU), those orders will each be charged individually for shipping. They will also be shipped separately so may not arrive at the same time.

SWEDEN, FRANCE, ITALY OR POLAND BASED BUYERS

Before you bid on a UK-based lot, there are three things to note for buyers based in Sweden, France, Italy or Poland:

1. Please allow up to 6 weeks for your order to arrive. We thank you for your patience with this new timescale.

2. Please refer to our revised shipping costs at the bottom of this page.

3. An additional charge of 20% of the hammer price will be charged post-auction. This covers any local taxes that would have been payable to receive the order into your country. Therefore, you will not need to pay any local taxes or other import/customs related fees upon receipt of your order.

Please note: The points above are not applicable when shipping to other locations in the EU/outside the UK for orders based at our UK office. Please ensure that you are aware of any country specific customs, duties or fees that are applicable to your local area before you bid as we are unable to provide refunds on purchases which have been destroyed, delayed or returned to us due to customs, administrative issues and/or unpaid fees/taxes.

SHIPPING LOTS FROM BOTH THE UK AND EU? 

If you have won lots based in both the UK and EU, then these will be shipped separately. You will receive separate shipping/tracking notices and details. We appreciate your patience with this. Please allow 10 days following the payment for those separate shipping/tracking details to come through to you via email. 

If after 10 days following payment you still haven't received shipping/tracking details for all your orders to be shipped, please contact our Customer Service team who will be happy to help.

USA SHIPPING 

We are only able to ship to the following states and districts; Alaska, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Washington D.C., Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Wyoming. 

We are unable to provide tracking information and the shipment may take up to 14 days to arrive.  

LOSS & BREAKAGE ASSURANCE  

Find out more about our Loss and Breakage Assurance here. 

STORAGE SERVICES 

Find out more about the storage service at our secure warehouse and how to ship stored orders here.