Wine for Sale

FEATURED WINE RETAILER:  MARCHE’ BACCHUS

Lakeside dining at Marche’ Bacchus...

    Situated at 2620 Regatta Drive, in Summerlin, along the shore of a scenic, man made lake, Marche’ Bacchus offers the Las Vegas wine lovers some unique opportunities for buying and tasting wines.  The store tends to carry more high quality, unique wines than one could normally not find in most local retail outlets.  It always has an excellent selection of premium California Cabernets and Pinot Noirs, French wines from Bordeaux, the Rhone Valley and Burgundy, and a nice assortment of quality Australian and Italian bottles.  They also carry a few hard to find wines from other regions, such as the Don Melchoir Cabernet and Almaviva wines from Chile.  The store markets these wines at competitive prices.


    Wine crates running down the length of the store showcase the bottles for sale.  This makes viewing and shopping easy. As a further aide to help in the selection process, Marche’ Bacchus often attaches point scores from noted wine critics on the crates holding the wine.


    The new ownership prides itself on customer service, and will try to fill any customer order for any particular hard to find bottle of wine.  For example, they just obtained an order of three bottles of the nearly impossible to find Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon, a wine that you will virtually never see on any retailer’s shelf.  Naturally, such bottles would take some time to procure, so if you need that special bottle for a big event, don’t wait until the last minute to order.


    Marche’ Bacchus recently added a tasting bar and an Oz wine preservation system that allows a customer to sample high quality wines by the glass, in either three or five ounce portions.  The system allows a customer to taste the wine before making that big purchase. It includes up to 16 different wines at any one time.  The list of wines available for tasting with this system varies constantly, but on a recent evening included bottles of the 2004 Pavillion Rouge (Chateau Margaux’ second wine), a 2005 Grand Cru from Burgundy, a 2004 Tignanello super-Tuscan, and a 2004 Dumol Syrah from the Russian River Valley.  Prices for the three ounce taste ranged from $6.00-$18.60.

Sales floor with Oz tasting system behind the  counter of the tasting bar...

    Marche’ Bacchus also features an French bistro, with seating inside or on the patio alongside the lake.  For this time of year, the restaurant provides heater lamps, a fireplace and outdoor enclosure to protect against the cool temperatures.  The chef, Christophe Ithurritze, hails from the Basque region of France, and specializes in classic French cuisine with contemporary flavors.  The on site restaurant gives the patron a unique opportunity to shop for wines in the store, and to enjoy that same bottle moments later with gourmet food.  For bottles purchased in the store, the restaurant charges only a nominal $10.00 corkage fee.

The indoor dining room...

    The store stages free wine tastings each Saturday between 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.  Typically, the distributor or winemaker shows up at these tastings to answer any questions concerning the wine. 


        Occasionally, Marche Bacchus will host special events, such as a New Years’ Eve wine dinner.  Interested persons should call the store at (702)804-8008 or check the website at www.marchebacchus.com  to ascertain a calendar of upcoming events.