A New Best Old Friend

Sometimes when we are out there “in the trenches”, doing our monthly wine hunt, we forget to look in the most obvious places. So after talking about partnering up with this months (new) supplier for year, we did just that. So with no further delay, we are happy to introduce this months partner Cellarius – possibly the oldest and most visible Vinoteka is all Prague.

You may not know the name, but you have certainly seen it. Lucerna pasaz, just across from the entrance to Lucerna (where you haven’t missed a Vondrackova Christmas show for the past 10 years). The thing here is that Celarius has been in Lucerna even longer than Helena. An unbelievable 20 years non-stop. That is a lot of time to build a business, and the selection is testament to that time.

What finally got us together was a request from our member Tomasz. He had to get hold of “That wine” and of course, we had to do our best leading up to our first annual customer service survey ;-). More seriously, we realized that we had met the owner a number of times at various events, said we should get “into bed together” a number of times, and now finally had the perfect opportunity to do so.

We deliberately tried to give Europe a break this month, and given the huge selection we found, decided to concentrate on one Argentinian winery. From the light and flowery Torrontes at a bargain of a price, to the deap, full Cabernet reserves, they had a stunning portfolio from end to end. We added in a surprise red from Spain that we couldn’t put down, and a Chianti that I have come across many times in Austria and in some Cesky Chalupky that some of you may recognize.

So next time you are passing through Lucerna for that concert, or maybe just a quick gawk at Cerny’s “Vaclav” , swing by your best new (old) wine friend . There is something there for everybody.

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