Vinoteca’s smart and stylish design makes shopping for wine in the city centre accessible.

Since he and wife Doris first opened Chiggeri with its impressively expansive list some 20 years ago, Guy Tabourin’s name has been associated with encouraging diners and wine lovers to discover new producers, new regions and vintages. His first wine outlet was a converted warehouse in Kirchberg, followed by the first Vinoteca wine shop in the Gare neighbourhood in 2012.

Now, together with associates Rodolphe Chevalier and Arnaud Vaingre, he has opened a wine shop in the city centre.

Vinoteca is a stylishly restrained space stacked with wine boxes that serve as shelving units displaying some 2,000 wines at any one moment--the list itself comprises some 3,500 wines from 35 countries ranging from 1930 French vintages to last year’s bottles from modern Luxembourg producers.

Indeed, half of the store is given over to local Moselle wines from the likes of Aby Duhr, Krier Frères, Schmit Fohl and Vinsmoselle. But Vinoteca also stocks other local produce such as Luxembourg honey and teas and eaux-de-vie.

The shop will host regular tasting evenings featuring a particular wine maker on Thursdays from 5 to 7 p.m.

A selection of up to 16 wines will also be available for tasting on a permanent basis--this is the sort of wine shop that doesn’t scream snobbery, but is doing everything to make top class and affordable wines accessible to everyone.

Vinoteca is located on the corner or rue du Nord and côte d’Eich.