Christafette
A classy 1970 Renault Estafette with the all the touches of a wonderful European wine bar. Chris has a fantastic and aesthetically pleasing design that works for any event or party. Loaded with 3 wine fridges, 2 draught beer taps, multiple wine racks and a stunning bar area, Chris has been fully converted from an old run around to the best portable wine bar out there.
We found Chris after an arduous process that ended up in the foothills of the Breacon Beacons. After multiple tows up to Sheffield for a hatch cutting and full paint job, we were finally reunited with Christ 6 months after finding him back in February 2018. Then the hard work on the interior began. We used many local tradesman as well as our own hands to bring Chris to life and couldn’t be more pleased with the end result and really hope you all feel the same way!
Chris is ready to go and we would love to help out for any weddings, private events or parties and event large public events and festivals.
June
June is our exciting newest addition to the company and we love the look of her. Hand painted by our friend Penfold, we feel she brings a sense of street art into your event. June is a Micro bar that allows for more flexibility to your event due to her size and self-efficiency. June has two functioning beer taps that can also run fizz for those special events! We have a lovely additional service area to ensure that she can cater for all drink needs from wine to beer and spirits.
June came to us very expectantly to say the least! On a research trip to France we stumbled across a sawn in half Renault 4 that had been converted into a small little trailer. We still weren’t sure what to do with it but decided on the spot that we wanted it! On our return home we had a little think (over a drop of wine of course) and the Micro bar was born. We really felt that there was room for a bar to help at those smaller gatherings or less accessible places for Chris to get to and June does this perfectly.
Let us know if you’d be interested in a Micro Bar at your next event.
About us
As ‘90s adolescents growing up in Cambridge Leo and Sebastian met due to a mutual love of skateboarding. As young men they both moved away and fell out of touch. After a few years of wandering the globe, they met again when they both found themselves living back in their hometown. As young adults with refining interests they reconnected through a new shared passion – wine. After many an hour spent chatting over many a bottle of wine in a cosy, distinctly continental feeling wine bar located adjacent to the River Cam, they had the idea that delivering that experience to others in the UK would be a worthwhile ambition.
The result: a stylish, eco-friendly mobile wine bar on wheels specialising in wine tastings and offering artisanal drinking experiences in which wine lists, cocktails and beer selection can be customised to a suit variety of tastes and budgets.
While they are happy to evolve in knowledge of wine and drink some things do stay the same: Leo and Seb still hit up the skate park of their youth from time to time (which explains the occasional bumps and bruises).
The Team
Sebastian Squire
It’s fair to say Sebastian kind of fell into the wine world. After stints in hospitality in the UK and Australia providing the opportunity to try extensive wine lists when the opportunity to work full time in wine came up, it was grabbed with both hands. Having completed his WSET level 3 and carried out many wine tastings and external events it felt like there was something missing from the industry. A chance meeting with Leo in a wine bar and the idea began to fill in this missing piece of the puzzle, Through the Grape.
A great grasp on the ins and outs and details of the wines, his memory impresses, just don’t ask him where his keys are!
Leonardo Robarts
Leo’s birth into the wine world started when his father used to hold tastings at their house from a young age with his friends after arriving back from their wine trips to Burgundy. Many years later he fell in love with wine was when he met his wife in Italy, who at that time was studying wine in Rome. It was then he really started getting hyped about learning more about the wine culture and the wine maker. Leo’s approach is much more about going to the source of where the wine has been made and meeting with the farmers and producers all around the world. iIts safe to say he is a people person who loves being behind the bar, enlightening customers with stories of his travels and European flair.