Caviste Georges Castellato wields a canny, professorial appeal and a powerful array of back-vintage bottles starting from established classics to newcomer pure wines at this small, unassuming terraced wine store within the marché Saint-Germain. Castellato, a former restaurateur who purchased Bacchus et Ariane in 1998, is certainly one of tragically few unbiased Paris cavistes who stay devoted to the true definition of their métier: a caviste who truly cellars wine, placing in on sale when it is able to drink. So if one has a jones for high quality 1989 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, 1990 Madiran, or 2005 Burgundy, one is extra more likely to discover it at Bacchus et Ariane than virtually anyplace else in Paris. And at a greater worth: at a time when a lot of the encompassing 6ème arrondissement has change into an overpriced circus for vacationers, the worth of Bacchus et Ariane’s choice is downright astonishing. Castellato presents bottle service for a 7€ corkage payment on the wine store’s lined terrace and at its tiny inside bar, and whereas no meals is ready on the premises, he’s blissful to convey over some oysters or charcuterie from his neighbors within the Marché Saint-Germain. Briefly, the store is an ideal perch for fine-wine pre-gaming earlier than dinner – so long as one doesn’t thoughts the night’s oenological highlights arriving early.
Sensible data
Tackle: 4 rue Lobineau, 75006
Nearest transport: Mabillon (10)
Hours: Closed Monday
Phone: 01 46 34 12 94
Web site
Critiques of curiosity
Aaron Ayscough (2012) “Bacchus et Ariane’s proprietor Georges Castellato has for the previous 14 years been quietly doing a lot of what that different bar ostensibly claims to: providing a powerful, effectively priced choice of wines, drawn evenly from the ranks of acclaimed greats and itinerant sulfur-free upstarts, in a setting that, on a sunny afternoon in summertime, is among the many most nice in Paris.
