En Primeur is the name given to the process of buying wine before it is bottled and released onto the market. Wines are offered for sale while they are still lying in barrels in their respective wineries in France. The prices at which they are offered exclude GST, Duty, Excise Tax and Shipping costs. These shipping costs and taxes become payable only after the wines have arrived in NZ and are ready for collection or despatch. Typically the wines are shipped and arrive between two and three years after the vintage.
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