IMPORTANT NEWS FROM APW
EFFECTIVE 23rd APRIL 2009

Australian Portfolio Wines Pty Ltd Customer Service is now closed.

Due to the management buyout of the business interests of Australian Portfolio Wines Pty Ltd (APW) by Cellar Link Pty Ltd (Cellar Link) on the 17th February 2009, APW Customer Service is now closed. The business no longer offers any sales or other client services other than accounts receivable and the release of wine, please see the Wine Release Form below. No other services are available nor will any response be provided to any other queries.

All clients that have not transferred their wine to a Cellar Link account by the 30th April 2009 will be invoiced by APW on the 1st May 2009 for storage and insurance from 1st January through to 31st May 2009 at current rates.

As per APW terms and conditions of trade, we hereby notify all clients that storage and insurance, case handling and administration fees are to increase from the 1st June 2009. Clients will be invoiced on this date at these new rates through until 31st December 2009. These fee increases are detailed below:

All prices are inclusive of GST or VAT as applicable.

1. Please note that we do not offer pro rata rebates for any wine released to you or any other party. A fee of AUD $10.00 will also apply for each invoice (by location) and statement requested.
2. A case handling fee as applicable incl. GST per case of 9 litres (or part thereof) will apply to all wine releases transferred out of storage and released to the client.
3. An administration charge of $50.00 incl. GST will be raised per release form issued to the client.
4. Freight will be charged at market rates.
5. Freight Insurance will be charged at 2.2% of commercial replacement value.
   Disclaimer: Insurance provided by Australian Portfolio Wines Insurers and is subject to a standard excess fee of $350.00 incl. GST per claim. Claims must be made within 5 days of receipt of goods.
6. Wines that are released into free circulation in London will be charged Duty, VAT and CCT (please note that Australian Portfolio Wines does not export wines from the United Kingdom).
7. Invoices are required to be settled by the due date as indicated on the invoice. A late payment fee of $35.00 incl. GST will apply to any outstanding invoices if not paid by this date.

Obviously APW cannot store clients wine with the same economy of scale as it did previously, given we are no longer in this business. The increase in charges is a reflection of our true costs given these changes. We acknowledge that clients will need to remove their wine, but should they not arrange to do so, these charges will apply.

How to Release Wines

To have your wines released from the storage facility, please complete the Wine Release Form.
Once your request has been submitted you will receive an invoice detailing the release costs and information on how to pay.

To open an account with Cellar Link

To open an account with Cellar Link, please contact them for further details on:
Ph: 1300 270 110 (within Australia) / +61 2 8622 5000 (if overseas)
Fax: 1300 623 398 / +61 2 8622 5012 (if overseas)
Email: transition@cellarlink.com.au
Website: www.cellarlink.com.au/collector_services/login.aspx