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One stop shop for all things related to wine collecting. Excellent customer service and easy to use digital platform for wine auction bidding.
Reply from Iron Gate – Fine Wine & Spirits
2025.11.28
Thank you, Rodrigo! We're thrilled to hear you enjoy our platform and services. Your kind words motivate us to keep delivering the best wine collecting experience.
Buy with confidence. Shipping handling a little high but other than that, it was a perfect transaction.
Reply from Iron Gate – Fine Wine & Spirits
2025.11.28
Thank you, Sylvain! We're glad you had a great experience. We appreciate your feedback about shipping costs and will aim to improve. Hope to assist you again soon!
Very professional staff, great service, always with a smile. Without hesitation, I strongly recommend Iron Gate.
Reply from Iron Gate – Fine Wine & Spirits
2025.11.28
Thank you so much, Bruce! We’re thrilled to hear about your positive experience. Your recommendation means a lot to us, and we’re glad our team could provide you with excellent service. We look forward to serving you again!
I’ve worked with Iron Gate Auctions in the past and very much look forward to doing more business with them in the future. As Director of Spirits, Ajay was courteous, highly professional and client-focused. Was a pleasure to consign under his guidance and trusting in his experience. Thanks to you and the entire team at Irongate!
Reply from Iron Gate – Fine Wine & Spirits
2025.11.28
Thank you, LRW! We're thrilled to hear about your positive experience with Ajay and the team. Your trust means a lot to us, and we’re excited to work with you again in the future!
If you have collectible wines and haven’t sold them before, you, as a consignor, probably have some trepidation (and rightly so) as to whom to trust in this endeavour. I have no hesitation whatsoever in saying to you - or experienced sellers - that the team at Iron Gate Auctions know what they are doing and in their ability to manage the end to end process of realizing your wine’s market value.
Here’s why: I have been dealing with Warren Porter and his Iron Gate company’s team for over a decade now. Through them, I purchased the vast majority of my collectible wines. When I started collecting, I relied on Iron Gate to advise me as to which ones would be suitable for creating a wine cellar collection designed on the three principles of maturation, investment, and inheritance.
Now, at this time of my life, I am downsizing and therefore relied on Warren's team once again to help me in navigating the selling process. His team was tremendously helpful in identifying which ones should go to auction and in providing extremely detailed reporting on each wine’s Estimated High/Low values at auction. Then they provided all the onboarding and logistics needed to move nearly 500 bottles of my wine from Nova Scotia in a temperature-controlled moving van to their Alberta headquarters.
I have been very comfortable with the ability of the team at Iron Gate Auctions to manage the process of selling high-end wines from the onboarding process to the high-resolution photos of my wines on the auction online catalogue through live Auction updates of each wine’s Bid and to realize sales figures within their Estimated Values. That was followed by the ultimate thrill of receiving a timely payout. Their process is totally seamless from end to end!
Reply from Iron Gate – Fine Wine & Spirits
2025.09.02
Thank you so much, David, for sharing your incredible experience with us! We're honored to have been a part of both building and now selling your collection. Your trust and journey mean the world to our team!
I had an excellent experience with the purchase and collection of my auction items. Kathryn from the Toronto location was a pleasure to deal with.
Reply from Iron Gate – Fine Wine & Spirits
2025.09.02
Thank you for sharing your experience! We're thrilled to hear that Kathryn provided such excellent service. We’ll be sure to pass along your kind words to her.
Always a fun time participating in these auctions. Incredible selection. Outstanding Provenance. The team over at Iron Gate, Kathryn - always takes great care of me.
Looking forward to the next one!
Reply from Iron Gate – Fine Wine & Spirits
2025.07.09
Thank you, Riley. We appreciate your support very much!
I cannot speak highly enough of my experience with Irongate Wine Auctions. I purchased a few cases / spent a few thousand dollars and from start to finish, their communication has been nothing short of outstanding. Every step of the process was handled with clarity, professionalism, and care — a true testament to their dedication to both buyers and sellers.
A very special thank you goes to Kathryn Taggart, who has been absolutely phenomenal. Kathryn went above and beyond in every possible way — answering questions promptly, providing clear and helpful guidance, and always making me feel like a valued client. Her attention to detail, responsiveness, and genuine passion for what she does made the entire experience seamless and enjoyable.
It’s rare to find this level of customer service and dedication these days. Irongate sets the bar incredibly high, and I look forward to many future transactions with them. Highly recommend!
Reply from Iron Gate – Fine Wine & Spirits
2025.07.07
Thank you, Nolan. We appreciate your support very much!
I have participated in several Fine Spirit auctions through Iron Gate and have always been happy with both the collections and the service. The shipping and pick-up are seamless and trouble-free, sometimes arriving early, providing me with the opportunity to grab my winnings earlier than expected. Staff on-site are always friendly and helpful. Ajay Bhardwaj, Director of Spirits, is as professional and knowledgeable as they come, and always has some great bottles up for grabs. Slàinte!
Reply from Iron Gate – Fine Wine & Spirits
2025.06.11
Thank you, Simon. We appreciate your support very much!
Nothing but great things to say about purchasing rare vintage whiskies through this auction house. A great variety of lots with honest and realistic reserve prices. Wonderful customer service and seamless admin process after successfully winning a bottle (or two) . Kudos to Ajay for his enthusiasm and energy when promoting product on social media! He’s doing an excellent job in obtaining some fascinating consignments that you never see elsewhere.
Reply from Iron Gate – Fine Wine & Spirits
2025.06.11
Thank you, Jeff. We appreciate your support very much!