About iDealwine

In the service of wine committed to those who make it and to those who share it since 2000

Who are we?

iDealwine is a French SMB created in 2000 by three wine enthusiasts who met while working at the Paris Stock Exchange (Euronext). And it's a veritable online Wall Street of wine that they launched! iDealwine is now a go-to site for wine lovers who come together on our international website to buy and sell fine wine, either at auction or at fixed price.

Artisanal spirit with a quest for excellence

The iDealwine group has established itself as France's top wine auction house, via its subsidiary International Wine Auction, a certified auction operator. The website also figures among the global leaders in online auctions. If you're looking for mature, ready-to-drink wines or if you would like to sell your wines, you are in the right place! iDealwine is one of the major players in online wine auctions and its fixed-price section gives its customers access to wines from over 1,000 partner producers sold at producer's prices. Our tasting committee tastes and retastes the wines and regularly uncovers new producers to share with customers. What is more, iDealwine offers a range of services linked to managing a wine collection with tools that will help your time spent in the world of wine: iDealwine Price Estimates©, monthly market analysis, real time cellar valuation, WineDex indices, alerts for your favourite wines, storage cellar, Bordeaux En Primeur wines...

iDealwine, the best website for buying wine

Buying wine on iDealwine means you're in the right place, on the best wine website in existance. French wine magazine *La Revue du vin de France* says it's “unmissable! Great wines, great prices […]. You can order in complete confidence.” In 2015, this leading magazine for wine enthusiasts awarded iDealwine the title of “best website for mature wines”. In 2015, the wine critics Bettane & Desseauve awarded iDealwine the Grand Prize for Innovation, and ranked our three co-founders, Cyrille, Angélique and Lionel, amongst the Top 200 personalities in the world of wine. Angélique de Lencquesaing was recognised for two consecutive years (in 2019 and 2020) in the Women Equity rankings. Feedback* from iDealwine’s customers is unanimous: they consistently award a rating of 5/5 on Avis Vérifiés (nearly 15,000 reviews since 2016), 4.5/5 on Trustpilot (180 reviews) and 4.1/5 on Google (185 reviews). In short, at iDealwine you’ll find the finest wines, delivered worldwide under the best conditions. With offices in Paris, Beaune, Bordeaux, New York, Singapore and Hong Kong, iDealwine delivers to nearly 60 countries around the world. *Data collected on 19/11/2025

We are iDealwine!

The team behind the screen!

Today, iDealwine brings together a community of 650,000 wine enthusiasts from across the world, with whom we exchange, taste, and discuss wine through extensive, online networks. We are now well-established with offices in Paris, Bordeaux, and Hong-Kong. Cyrille Jomand, Ceo, runs iDealwine with Angélique de Lencquesaing and Lionel Cuenca, co-founders and managing directors. The iDealwine team now comprises 55 employees, all working 'in service of wine, those who make it and those who share it'. To find out more about the team, head to our blog!

Sellers Service team
Clients & Operations team
Web team
Appraisal team
New Projets team
Marketing team
International team
Finance & HR team
Purchasing team

Sellers Service team

Clients & Operations team

Web team

Appraisal team

New Projets team

Marketing team

International team

Finance & HR team

Purchasing team

Our CSR commitments

At iDealwine, our passion for wine is accompanied by our responsibility to those who make it and nature which nourishes the vines. Green sourcing, reducing our carbon footprint, the well-being of our team and helping charities and associations are at the core of what we do as we strive to have a more just and sustainable sector.

“The variety of crus on offer will thrill wine lovers. The website sells both extremely fine wine and rare bottles. ... Buying at auction opens the floor to clients to find deals for themselves. Each bottle is photographed, evaluated, and described in careful detail. ... In short, iDealwine is without a doubt the number one place to go! "The French wine magazine La Revue du Vin de France, November 2019

What the press says:

"iDealwine is like a friend who always makes you taste new wines, and a few weeks/months later, this specific wine has become the next big thing."Patrick Schmitt M.W.(Editor-in-chief at the Drinks Business)

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WineDex: The authentication and traceability application for wines

FSA: FineSpirits.Auction

This site for whisky and fine spirits auctions was created in 2020 in partnership with La Maison du Whisky. It brings together the expertise and organisation of online auctions with unparalleled knowledge of the world of spirits.

IWA: International Wine Auction

IWA is a subsidiary of iDealwine, our licensed auctioneer. This is the structure that legally ensures the administration of our online auctions. Through IWA, iDealwine has been the top wine auction house in France since 2014.

LMGV Bordeaux

Inherited from a grand cru classé 'négoce' merchant business created in 1993, our grand cru trading activity is based on our primeur allocations and other, regular purchases via La Place de Bordeaux. LMGV has an office at 3 Rue Camille Godard, in Bordeaux.