Winessy — wine investment platform with NFT tokenization

Built a platform where investors purchase fractional wine ownership as NFTs. Each token backed by a real bottle stored in Bordeaux City Bond. Features real-time pricing analytics, sommelier evaluations, secondary market for token trading.

Fine wine investing was accessible only to wealthy collectors. The client wanted to democratize wine investment through fractional ownership — letting anyone invest starting from EUR 50. The challenge: combining physical asset custody with digital token ownership and regulatory compliance.

• Fractional ownership via NFTs on Polygon — each token represents a share of a real bottle stored in Bordeaux City Bond
• Sommelier evaluation system with professional scoring and tasting notes
• Real-time pricing analytics aggregating auction data and market trends
• Secondary market for peer-to-peer token trading
• Stripe integration for fiat purchases, with automatic NFT minting on payment confirmation
• Portfolio dashboard with performance tracking and projected returns

• EUR 150,000+ in wine assets tokenized in the first 6 months
• 800+ registered investors from 12 countries
• Average investment: EUR 320 — proving the fractional model works
• Secondary market activity — 15% of tokens traded within 90 days
• Zero custody incidents — Bordeaux City Bond partnership ensures physical security