Name

Wineflow

Legal name

Wineflow Freight Forwarding Ltd.

Website

https://wineflow.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wine Logistics and Freight Forwarding Services

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731), Deep Sea Foreign Transportation Of Freight (4412)

akta.pro primary industry

Beverage Import/Export & Cross-Border Wholesale (AFAIAGAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Beer, Wine & Spirits Wholesale Distribution (CRAOAIAA)

Keywords

• Freight forwarding services
• Wine logistics
• Customs clearance
• Drinks transportation
• Warehousing distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Bolney

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Logistics and Transportation Services: Core revenue from global drinks transportation services including European and worldwide logistics, deep-sea consignments, consolidation, and full load/groupage shipments via road, rail, air and sea. Services include order status, supply chain management, logistics planning, documentation, and express deliveries.
2. Customs Clearance Services: Customs clearance services including declaration processing, deferment and duty paid services, Intrastat declarations, and export/import documentation. Expanded in 2017 through Wineflow Clearance Ltd subsidiary.
3. Warehouse Distribution Services: Under bond and duty paid warehousing options, stock level management, warehouse distribution, and case/pallet handling for wines, spirits, and beers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Wineflow is a UK-headquartered freight forwarder that specialises in the global transportation, customs clearance, and warehousing of wines, spirits, and beers. Founded in 1994 to serve the independent wine trade, the company provides end-to-end supply chain services including European and worldwide logistics, deep-sea consignments, consolidation, road/rail/air/sea transport, customs brokerage, and under bond and duty paid warehousing, supported by web-based shipment tracking.

Product overview

Wineflow offers a unified logistics platform for global drinks transportation, specialising in wines, spirits, and beers. The core service encompasses European and worldwide logistics, customs clearance (delivered through Wineflow Clearance Ltd subsidiary), deep-sea consignments, and consolidation. Wineflow Global Track provides web-based shipment tracking with automated reports and customisable event management. The company operates as a single integrated platform combining supply chain management, customs brokerage, warehousing, and distribution services, all delivered by a dedicated multilingual team.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wineflow Global Drinks Transportation Services End-to-end global transportation services for wines, spirits, and beers covering European and worldwide logistics, deep-sea consignments, consolidation, full load/groupage shipments, and express deliveries via road, rail, air, and sea. Targeted at the independent wine trade and organisations of all sizes requiring global drinks movements.
• Customs Clearance Services (Wineflow Clearance Ltd) Specialised customs clearance services including declaration processing, deferment and duty paid services, Intrastat declarations, and export/import documentation. Operated through the Wineflow Clearance Ltd subsidiary and delivered by the Clearance Operations Team from the Dover office. Targeted at drinks importers and exporters.
• Warehouse Distribution Services Under bond and duty paid warehousing options, stock level management, warehouse distribution, and case/pallet handling for wines, spirits, and beers. Targeted at drinks importers, distributors, and merchants requiring storage and order fulfilment.
• Wineflow Global Track Portal Web-based freight tracking and shipment management portal accessible to existing customers at globaltrack.wineflow.com, providing real-time shipment monitoring, daily booking status reports, pre-agreed milestone notifications, and online collection booking. Targeted at existing Wineflow customers requiring visibility over forwarding and warehousing services.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• GB GlobalparentOthersWineflow Freight Forwarding Ltd is part of GB Global (gbglobal.world), indicating a parent company or group structure. This corporate relationship provides the broader organisational backing for Wineflow's operations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Geodis: Global logistics provider with freight forwarding, customs brokerage and contract logistics. Overlaps with Wineflow on multimodal drinks transportation and customs clearance for importers.
• Hellmann Worldwide Logistics: Global freight forwarder with a dedicated wine, spirits and beverages vertical offering transport, customs and warehousing. Comparable at the beverage-specialism level but competes from a much larger, multi-sector base.
• Expeditors International: Global logistics company focused on air and ocean freight forwarding with customs brokerage. Comparable to Wineflow on the freight arrangement and customs clearance side for beverage importers.
• Kuehne+Nagel: One of the world's largest logistics providers with a specialist beverages competency including wine and spirits forwarding. Overlaps with Wineflow on global drinks transport and customs brokerage.
• DSV: Global transport and logistics group with air, sea, road and customs capabilities across multiple verticals including beverages. Competes for UK and EU wine/spirits freight accounts.
• DHL Global Forwarding: Large global air, sea and road freight forwarder with dedicated wine and beverages logistics capabilities and customs services. Competitor for UK and European beverage import accounts.

Emerging players

• AIT Worldwide Logistics: Mid-sized global forwarder with growing beverage and wine logistics practice and customs capabilities. A relevant comparable for a privately held, mid-sized UK drinks forwarder.
• MACH (customs and trade compliance): Customs brokerage and trade compliance provider serving UK and EU importers. Comparable on the customs clearance portion of Wineflow's offering, including duty deferment and Intrastat expertise.

Direct peers

• JF Hillebrand: Global freight forwarder exclusively focused on wines, spirits and beers, offering multimodal transport, consolidation, customs clearance and warehousing. Closest direct competitor to Wineflow's beverage-specialist value proposition.
• Gori a company of Hillebrand: Wine and spirits logistics specialist servicing producers, importers and distributors across Europe and worldwide. Highly comparable as a niche beverage forwarder with consolidation and customs services.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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• Xx.com/wineflowff

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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