{
  "slug": "wine-cellar-value",
  "title": "Wine Cellar Value Calculator",
  "heading": "Wine Cellar Value Calculator",
  "category": "financial",
  "url": "https://www.revenuelab.fyi/toolbox/wine-cellar-value",
  "summary": "Collection value, appreciation, and storage cost.",
  "description": "Track what a cellar is worth today, what storage costs over the hold period, and net appreciation after those costs.",
  "formula": null,
  "dateModified": "2026-09-30",
  "run_url": "https://www.revenuelab.fyi/api/public/calc?tool=wine-cellar-value",
  "inputs": [
    {
      "id": "bottles",
      "label": "Bottles",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 240,
      "unit": null,
      "min": 1,
      "max": null
    },
    {
      "id": "avgCost",
      "label": "Average purchase price",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 45,
      "unit": "$",
      "min": null,
      "max": null
    },
    {
      "id": "appreciation",
      "label": "Annual appreciation",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 6,
      "unit": "%",
      "min": null,
      "max": null
    },
    {
      "id": "years",
      "label": "Years held",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 8,
      "unit": null,
      "min": 1,
      "max": null
    },
    {
      "id": "storage",
      "label": "Storage cost",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 2.4,
      "unit": "$/bottle/yr",
      "min": null,
      "max": null
    }
  ],
  "outputs": [
    {
      "id": "value",
      "label": "Cellar value",
      "format": "currency",
      "hint": null,
      "primary": true
    },
    {
      "id": "cost",
      "label": "Original cost",
      "format": "currency",
      "hint": null,
      "primary": false
    },
    {
      "id": "storage",
      "label": "Storage cost",
      "format": "currency",
      "hint": null,
      "primary": false
    },
    {
      "id": "net",
      "label": "Net gain after storage",
      "format": "currency",
      "hint": null,
      "primary": false
    }
  ],
  "worked_example": {
    "inputs": [
      "Bottles: 240",
      "Average purchase price: 45 $",
      "Annual appreciation: 6 %",
      "Years held: 8",
      "Storage cost: 2.4 $/bottle/yr"
    ],
    "outputs": [
      "Cellar value: $17,214",
      "Original cost: $10,800",
      "Storage cost: $4,608",
      "Net gain after storage: $1,806"
    ]
  },
  "how_to": {
    "title": "How to use this",
    "steps": [
      "Enter bottles.",
      "Enter average purchase price ($).",
      "Enter annual appreciation (%).",
      "Enter years held.",
      "Enter storage cost ($/bottle/yr).",
      "Read your cellar value on the right — it updates as you type.",
      "Hit Share to keep the scenario or send it to someone."
    ]
  },
  "scenarios": [
    {
      "name": "Conservative",
      "description": "Lower-end numbers — what if things land soft?",
      "values": {
        "bottles": 144,
        "avgCost": 27,
        "appreciation": 3.5999999999999996,
        "years": 5,
        "storage": 1.44
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Typical",
      "description": "Defaults — the most common real-world setup.",
      "values": {
        "bottles": 240,
        "avgCost": 45,
        "appreciation": 6,
        "years": 8,
        "storage": 2.4
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Ambitious",
      "description": "Higher-end numbers — what if things really pop?",
      "values": {
        "bottles": 384,
        "avgCost": 72,
        "appreciation": 9.600000000000001,
        "years": 13,
        "storage": 3.84
      }
    }
  ],
  "limitations": [
    "Results are estimates before tax, fees, and inflation unless an input explicitly covers them.",
    "Rates are treated as fixed for the whole period — variable-rate products will drift from this projection.",
    "This is educational maths, not financial advice. Check anything contractual with the lender or your accountant."
  ],
  "faq": [
    {
      "q": "How does the wine cellar value calculator work?",
      "a": "Track what a cellar is worth today, what storage costs over the hold period, and net appreciation after those costs."
    },
    {
      "q": "What do I need to enter?",
      "a": "5 values: bottles, average purchase price, annual appreciation, years held, and storage cost. Each field starts with a sensible default, so you can change one number at a time and watch the result move."
    },
    {
      "q": "What does the cellar value result mean?",
      "a": "It is returned as a money amount in US dollars and updates live as you edit the inputs, so you can compare two or three versions of a scenario in a few seconds."
    },
    {
      "q": "Is this calculator free, and do I need an account?",
      "a": "Yes, it's free, and no account is required. Nothing you type is stored on our servers — the maths runs entirely in your browser."
    },
    {
      "q": "How accurate is the result?",
      "a": "It applies the standard formula exactly, so the arithmetic is precise. Results are estimates before tax, fees, and inflation unless an input explicitly covers them."
    },
    {
      "q": "Who is this tool for?",
      "a": "It's built for anyone comparing money scenarios before committing — budgeting a payment, sanity-checking a quote, or seeing what a change in rate or term actually costs."
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "https://www.revenuelab.fyi/toolbox/whiskey-cask-return"
  ],
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "citation": "RevenueLab — Wine Cellar Value Calculator (https://www.revenuelab.fyi/toolbox/wine-cellar-value)"
}