Feeling stir crazy after being stuck at home for weeks? How about splurging on some new wines?
A luxury hotel might not be the typical landing spot for a wine store, but importer-distributor The Wine Merchant is defying such expectations at the Mandarin Oriental.
The store, adjacent to the Authors’ Lounge tea room, offers bottles from more than 100 different wineries, plus a selection of boutique spirits such as Hayman’s gin (THB1,200 for 700ml) and Jean-Luc Pasquet L’Organic 04 cognac (THB1,690 for 700ml). The prices are competitive, with a wide range of wines available for less than THB1,000, from reds and whites to port and Champagne.
Cofounders Aman Sachdev and Nan Pittara – two of the people behind La Casa Nostra in Sathorn – said the prices are the same as those found on Virtual Wine Cellar, their new iOS-only app.
At the shop, a concierge is on hand to…
Boutique importer opens ‘The Wine Merchant’ in Charoen Krung
