Spectrum Wine Auctions
Spectrum Wine is a Southern California wine auction house and storage company that runs weekly online auctions from Santa Ana. This page covers what it sells, how bidding works, and every buyer cost, including shipping, weather holds and pickup, with a direct link to spectrumwine.com.
- Auctions since
- 2009 or earlier
- Based in
- Santa Ana, California
- Buyer's fee
- 23%, min $10
- Auctions
- Weekly online
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About Spectrum Wine Auctions
Spectrum Wine Auctions has sold wine in California and Hong Kong since at least 2009. It is majority owned by Gold.com. It runs retail stores in Santa Ana and Newport Beach and storage that holds about 125,000 cases across Orange County.
Sales run as weekly internet auctions on its own site and apps, split into sessions that close on set evenings. Wine is held in a temperature- and humidity-controlled warehouse until it is picked up, shipped or moved to storage.
What Spectrum Wine Auctions sells
How buying works at Spectrum Wine Auctions
- RegisterSign up and bid online or in the app. Bidders without credit history may need a deposit.
- BidBid during the weekly sessions.
- PayPay within 14 days. Cards are accepted for online buyers up to $10,000 per auction.
- Choose deliveryWithin 14 days, set up pickup, shipping, delivery or storage.
- CollectPick up in Santa Ana with 48 hours' notice, or wait for a safe shipping window.
What it costs
Spectrum adds one premium and publishes flat rates for consolidated refrigerated shipping.
| What | Cost |
|---|---|
| Buyer's premium | 23% of the hammer, at least $10 per lot |
| Card payments | Online buyers up to $10,000 per auction; no surcharge published |
| Bidder deposit | At least 25% of total bids for bidders without credit history |
| Late interest | 1.5% a month plus collection costs |
| Default cancellation | Fee equal to the buyer's premium if the lot is resold |
| Refrigerated trucking to NJ/NY, DC, Chicago or Napa storage | $20 per piece plus local delivery from $40 |
| Local refrigerated delivery, LA and San Diego | $50 per delivery or $200 per pallet |
| Refrigerated air to Hong Kong | $100 per case; ocean $30 per case |
| Hong Kong to California import | $100 per case by air plus $35 per lot |
| Storage after 21 days | At the buyer's cost; rate not published |
Worked example: a $1,000 hammer adds a $230 premium, for $1,230 before sales tax and shipping. Sending it by refrigerated truck to a partner storage facility in Chicago adds $20 per piece plus local delivery.
Paying, pickup and storage
| When to pay | Due on notice. Late if not received within 14 days. |
| Payment | Cash in US funds or wire. Cards only for online buyers up to $10,000 per auction. |
| Shipping states | California, DC, New Mexico, Idaho and Alaska ship by UPS ground by default. Many other states limit wine shipments, and some are reached only through licensed outside services. Ask about your state. |
| Temperature-controlled shipping | Consolidated shipments and local deliveries go by refrigerated truck, air or ocean container. |
| Weather | In very hot or cold weather, wine is held free until conditions improve, unless you sign a waiver to ship anyway. |
| Pickup | Santa Ana only, Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., with 48 hours' notice. Weekend requests by noon Friday. |
| How long wine is held | Arrange collection within 14 days. After 21 days it goes to paid storage, and after six months it may be resold. |
| Returns | Only for a material catalog error, reported within 72 hours of receipt. |
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UX Search is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Spectrum Wine Auctions. Bidding, payment and delivery all happen on the house's own site under its own terms. Information checked October 22, 2026 from spectrumwine.com (auction terms, shipping info, shipping FAQ, storage, about) and pulse2.com (Oct. 2026 storage acquisition news) and jancisrobinson.com (2012 company background); fees and rules can change, so confirm them on the sale page.