Le Sanglier en Bottes de Cuir

This is a cozy and comfortable establishment, which really resembles a wine cellar. There’s a wonderful smell in here that I can’t quite place, warm and dim illumination comes pouring out of the storefront onto the sidewalk in the evening and you’re embraced by all the bottles of wine spread out along the walls. Ironically, this is also exactly how I’d describe its owner, Anissa Ayari. She’s warm, illuminated, embracive, and she smells wonderful.
Although we struggled through the rudimentary of the French and English language, we managed to talk about wine for a week. I wandered in to get an affordable bottle of wine and found myself stopped at the bargain crates near the door. Then, every other day I had returned because my 4 euro bottle of wine was better than any $ 30 bottle of wine I had back home. Anissa is extremely helpful, and knowledgeable about all wines including biologique and she’s zen.
The cave is open late into the evening and 7 days a week. I told her about how I shared my Cuvee Des Galets (2009 Cotes Du Rhone) with my fellow hotel twenty-​something travelers and they loved it as much as I. This might be a substandard wine to the French, but they haven’t tasted our bargain bin wines at the Grocery Outlet in America. Retched. This wine was spectacular! She was pleased to hear and asked if I could put some of her cards in the hotel, I was pleased to do so. I actually handed some of the cards out to my fellow travelers in the hotel, while we played a game of Eurostar roulette. The day I was leaving, I knew I couldn’t bring a bottle on my carry-​on, and I wouldn’t be able to drink an entire bottle by 1pm. So, I sadly walked by the cave on my way back to the hotel from the boulangerie and Anissa saw me through the window, I was so sad I couldn’t bring myself to go in. She waved through the window and I waved back. Anissa treated me as if I was purchasing an 80 euro bottle of wine, which is the only way I would get that kind of service back home. So, I can only imagine how she treats her other customers who are regulars and who do spend the big bucks.

Pour commencer, je dois vous avouer que c’est le nom de la boutique, «Le Sanglier en Bottes de Cuir «, qui m’a donné envie d’y entrer. En règle générale, un nom original est souvent bon signe, le signe qu’on né manqué pas d’imagination. Et pour dénicher de bons petits vins, il faut très souvent faire preuve de pas mal d’imagination. Et c’est le cas du patron, Guillaume de Kergorley.
En effet, ce caviste passionné part lui-​même à la recherché de bons petits vins, en direct avec les récoltants et les petits producteurs. Il sélectionne ainsi des vins agréables et accessibles à toutes les bourses. Au «Sanglier en Bottes de Cuir «, la spécialité maison est le vin de Loire er les Bourgogne. Et le patron est de très bons conseils. Une adresse à noter !