the best deals from wine merchants – L’Express

From the start of the school year, the Wine Fairs are set up in most major retail chains, at wine merchants and on online retail sites. After a 2023 edition that declined both in value – 988 million euros (- 2%) – and in volume – 133.5 million bottles purchased (- 5%) -, this year’s event will be essential for the entire sector, especially in a context of declining purchasing power. To guide you, here is the detail, wine merchant by wine merchant, with the different dates of these bacchic festivals that have become essential. How to enrich your cellar at a lower cost.

Rich in lessons, the Sowine/Dynata 2024 barometer notes that wine merchants retain the confidence of consumers (40% say they buy their wines in local specialist shops, up 3 points compared to 2023). More of a critical success, however, than an economic performance, because their sales only represent 4% of the wine market volumes. A modest share that they partly compensate for with a higher average basket. The fact remains that their offer is generally very qualitative and, above all, accompanied by real advice and assistance in the choice of buyers. A service totally absent in the shelves of large-scale distribution. The brands with multiple branches (Nicolas, V&B, Comptoir des vignes, etc.) are proving to be the driving forces behind the wine fairs of this distribution channel. But a few Parisian “bacchic palaces” are also taking advantage of the opportunity to release real gems at very low prices. The Entrepôt des grands vins in Malakoff, with the expertise and fabulous stocks of the Bordeaux trading house Duclot, thus offers a prestigious catalogue, which is also available at the Cave du Lafayette Gourmet, on Boulevard Haussmann. Similarly, Hugues Forget, the demanding cellar master of the Grande Épicerie du Bon Marché, offers a superb selection, as does Virgine Morvan at Lavinia.