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Iron Gate Private Wine Management

Canadian wine storage

Iron Gate Private Wine Management is a Canadian wine storage, wine auction and collector services company which operates a 150,000-bottle subterranean storage facility and sells wine for their collector clients. The facility is 6,000 square feet in size and located 20 feet under ground. Iron Gate typically stores larger wine collections.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Iron Gate Private Wine Management is a Canadian wine storage, wine auction and collector services company which operates a 150,000-bottle subterranean storage facility and sells wine for their collector clients. The facility is 6,000 square feet in size and located 20 feet under ground. Iron Gate typically stores larger wine collections.2

How it started

History

Iron Gate was founded by the Canadian businessman and wine enthusiast Warren F. Porter in 2004.

In 2006, Iron Gate acquired wine storage competitor Urban Cellars Inc and launched the "bag-a-cork" initiative in cooperation with the Girl Guides of Canada. Iron Gate was featured in Episode 2 of the television show Risky Business with W. Brett Wilson of Dragon's Den fame.

In 2010, the company integrated the new version of eSommelier that enables their collectors to value their wine and calculate their Robert Parker maturity date. In February 2011, Iron Gate organized an auction on behalf of the wine collector Ian Grant at the Spoke Club in Toronto.

In 2017 Iron Gate launched its online retail channel Irongate.wine, selling wine collections from the cellars of Canadians to US and international wine collectors.

In 2021 Iron Gate launched Canada's first auction dedicated to wine and spirits and as of YE2022 became the largest wine auction in the country with auctions frequently hammering over $1,000,000 per sale.

From Wikipedia’s article on Iron Gate Private Wine Management, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

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