Vint

Vint operated an SEC-qualified investment platform that allowed investors to buy fractional shares in curated collections of fine wine and rare spirits. The company sourced physical cases of wine and spirits, valued them, filed offerings with the SEC under Regulation A+, sold shares to the public, stored the assets in bonded warehouses, and later sold the collections and distributed pro-rata proceeds to investors after fees. Each collection was placed in a series LLC structure; hold periods ran roughly three to ten years, and shares were priced starting around $50 to $100 per bottle-equivalent. Vint's stated mission was to establish fine wine and spirits as a financial asset class alongside stocks and bonds.

Alongside its retail-facing offerings, Vint marketed wine and rare whisky arbitrage funds to financial advisors, describing a compounding-growth strategy with a five-year term, a 20% target sourcing discount and Section 1202 tax exemption treatment. Over its run the company issued 59 total series and reported having closed 95 deals with more than 2,500 active investors. Vint's parent entity was VV Markets Inc. In June 2026 the company announced a wind-down, engaging G2 Capital and SimpleClosure to manage an asset sale and orderly shutdown; investors holding positions must await a liquidation process for distributions, as no secondary market exists.

Founding story

Vint was founded in 2019 in Richmond, Virginia by Nick King, then an investment analyst at Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley, and Patrick Sanders, a software engineer at Capital One. King's interest in wine as an investable asset came through his work at Thompson, where he was drawn to the post-World War II futures model used by Bordeaux producers to realize revenue before wine reached market. He described the asset class as offering strong returns, low volatility and low correlation to traditional financial assets in an inefficient market with wide pricing spreads, contrasting the fraction-of-a-penny spreads on equities such as Apple with the wide spreads in wine.

Business model

Vint acquired collections of fine wine and spirits, structured them as series under a Regulation A+ offering, and sold fractional shares to institutional, accredited and (until 2024) non-accredited investors. Assets were held in bonded warehouses and sold at the end of a hold period, with proceeds distributed to shareholders net of fees. The company also offered wine and rare whisky funds targeted at financial advisors and their clients.

Vint charged sourcing or one-time fees on each offering, reported as ranging from 0% to 35% of an offering's value and averaging roughly 10% to 15%, compensating the platform for finding, authenticating and structuring collections. Sales proceeds returned to investors were net of fees and expenses. Combined revenue was $1.51 million in 2025, up from $164,889 in 2024.

Traction

By the December 2022 seed announcement, Vint had sold fractionalized shares worth over $4 million across 46 sold-out, expert-curated thematic collections averaging over $100,000 each, had processed six rounds of distributions, and reported net annualized realized returns of 28.3%. Its community exceeded 7,500 members. Advisor-facing materials later cited 95 total deals closed, a 28.7% firm track record and more than 2,500 active investors. In total the company issued 59 series; 2025 revenue was $1.51 million against total assets of about $6.5 million.

Latest developments

In June 2026 Vint announced a wind-down, retaining G2 Capital and SimpleClosure to manage an asset sale and orderly shutdown after five years of operation. Total funding raised since 2019 was reported at roughly $6.86 million.