What Caves Legrand is known for
Caves Legrand occupies the shop at 1 rue de la Banque that Francois Beauge opened as a grocer's in 1880, taken over by Pierre Legrand after the First World War. His son Lucien turned it toward wine, visiting growers himself and building the Selection Legrand. Francine Legrand has run the house since 1986. A restaurant, a wine school and a Tokyo cellar have followed.
Caves Legrand traces its address to 1880, when Francois Beauge opened a grocer's shop at 1 rue de la Banque. The shop stood between the Palais Brongniart and the Palais Royal and sold the exotic spices, Indian teas and Levantine coffees then in fashion. Twin brothers Pierre and Alexandre Legrand apprenticed at Felix Potin in 1905 and later ran a grocery and confectionery at Issy-les-Moulineaux. When the shop could no longer support both, they drew straws. Pierre left, took over the Beauge business and settled at rue de la Banque. His son Lucien Legrand took charge after the Second World War and turned the shop toward wine. Until the 1970s wine was sold mostly in bulk from Bercy. Lucien chose instead to visit growers and select their bottles himself. The house says that practice invented the modern caviste and produced the Selection Legrand. His daughter Francine took over in 1986. She built long relationships with growers such as Laurent Vaille and Jean-Yves Bizot, and by the late 1990s she had introduced tasting on the premises. Today the cellar at 1 rue de la Banque is joined by La Table des Caves at 4 rue des Petits-Champs. A wine school, Legrand dinners and a cellar in Minami-Azabu, Tokyo, complete the house.
How ORBIS reads this city
Best for — Fine wine, spirits, and connoisseur gifting.
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