Caviste Maison Nicolas
La Sommelière partnership with cavistes maison nicolas
Apogée Ambassador
Léa Perret, Maison Nicolas cellarman and France's best young cellarman 2022, becomes ambassador for the Apogée cellars in Paris La Sommelière
La Sommelièrea major European player in the wine cellar market, has selected Léa Perret as ambassador for the new Apogée range. Crowned France's best young caviste in 2022, she now represents an innovative range ofageing wine cellars, connected and remotely controllable.
This launch marked a turning point in La Sommelière 's collaboration with France's largest wine merchant: Maison Nicolas. With 498 stores, our partnership with France's number one city-center wine retailer is the perfect combination of experts to deliver a quality experience to wine lovers.
Portrait of Léa Perret
At just 26, Léa Perret is the rising star of Lyon and French gastronomy. She discovered the finest bottles in her grandparents' cellar and with her sommelier aunt in Lyon, and has turned it into a passion.
Winner of the Les Rabelais de la gastronomie prize in 2021, she has also held the title of "France's Best Young Caviste" since 2022. We met her at the Maison Nicolas cellar in Lyon's Rue des Jacobins, which she co-manages. She agreed to become the face of our Apogée range, the latest innovation from La Sommelière, which creates the perfect case for ageing the finest bottles while keeping control, even from a distance.
Focus on the Apogée range
Apogée wine cellars La Sommelière
It's a wine cellar that catches the eye with its design and difference.
The Apogée range offers an optimal storage and monitoring experience for your wines. Thanks to its Vinotag® app, you can remotely adjust your wine cellar's temperature, lighting and alarm settings to keep an eye on your most precious vintages.
Wi-Fi compatibility means you can monitor your wines anywhere, directly from your smartphone or tablet. With nine different references in the range, you're sure to find the cellar that best suits your needs.
There are 9 references: single-zone 147, 189 and 254 bottles (offered in solid and glass doors) and double-zone 143, 181 and 247 bottles (glass door only).
Your local wine merchant
Maison Nicolas is an emblematic wine store brand founded in Paris in 1822 by Louis Nicolas. For over two centuries, the brand has evolved to offer the most comprehensive range of wines, champagnes, spirits and craft beers on the market, with an average of over 800 references per store. Maison Nicolas is present in 11 countries with over 550 wineries, 506 of which are in France, where the 765 Maison Nicolas cavistes offer exceptional customer service while taking great care of the wines.
