Patrick O'Connor

Spear’s Review

Since becoming one of the wine industry’s youngest CEOs at 40, Patrick O’Connor has kept the Fine + Rare online marketplace thriving.

The firm’s platform allows users to buy, sell and store their bottles around the world seamlessly, and its ability to track and scour the marketplace to gauge demand is unique. ‘This gives collectors incredible access,’ O’Connor says. ‘It’s our job to make sure they can search, while we curate to offer them the wines that they’re looking for.’

The website boasts a strong accounts team and a network of agents, reservists and traders. Clients can be assured the advice is impartial: Fine + Rare doesn’t hold any stock, and has no store to facilitate brand promotion.