NEW YORK, NY.- UOVO, the leading storage and logistics provider for art and fashion collections, announced its acquisition of a majority stake in Domaine. Established in St. Louis, Missouri in 2003, Domaine is widely recognized as the premier wine services firm for serious collectors. The addition of Domaine to UOVO’s portfolio of dedicated art and fashion verticals amplifies and expands its suite of bespoke services and resources available to clients spanning all three categories. By acquiring Domaine as well as last year’s acquisition of Garde Robe, UOVO is uniquely equipped to manage a diverse array of assets with expertise and flexibility across art, fashion, and wine.
Founded by real estate professionals and art collectors, UOVO has elevated art storage beyond the utilitarian to create a unique experience on par with elite hospitality. Its 13 state-of-the-art facilities are specifically designed for climate-controlled storage, preservation, shipping, installation, private viewing rooms, archiving, cataloging, conservation, and project management. The full breadth of UOVO’s resources—physical and digital—will be merged with Domaine’s existing network of facilities and staff to offer all clients a new and enhanced level of service.
In tandem with UOVO’s acquisition of Domaine, Katherine Lazar, the company’s COO and Co-Owner since 2008, will take on the new role of CEO. “With UOVO’s partnership,” Lazar says, “We’ve found a genuine steward of Domaine to carry forward the organization and culture we’ve built over two decades. We’re now able and eager to quickly bring our services to new cities across the country. We’ll also be able to serve our existing clients at an even higher level and continue to innovate ways to serve wine collectors everywhere.”
“It is with great enthusiasm that we welcome Katherine and the Domaine team to UOVO,” says Nick Coslov, UOVO’s Co-Founder and member of its Board of Directors. “We are excited to add Domaine to our already best in class art and fashion divisions and believe there are significant synergies between these three business verticals. We look forward to combining Domaine’s expertise with UOVO’s to create a new standard of service.”
The integration of Domaine’s exceptional knowledge of wine is emblematic of UOVO’s ambition to continually evolve its services and locations to meet clients’ ever-growing needs.
