who are we ?

Created in 2005, Chai & Bar is a purveyor of fine wines, champagnes and spirits, in Brussels. In its Fort Jaco wine warehouse, Chai & Bar offers to individuals and enterprises its unique concept devoted to the pleasures of wine :

  • Choice & sourcing - 900 different wines, champagnes and spirits rigorously selected from all over the world, including a unique selection of 400 top Bordeaux wines purchased directly from the chateaux.
  • Stock - 65 000 bottles stored in a temperature controlled cellar.
  • Prices - All year round, competitive pricing, ranging from 5 euros wines to Grands Crus of Bordeaux.
  • Expert advice, personal service - Our team of sommeliers is always available to advise you. Home delivery (by a specialized transporter) is available throughout Belgium.

 

Chai & Bar is owned by DUCLOT, a major wine merchant in Bordeaux with a stock of several million bottles and large formats, purchased directly from the chateaux and stored in 20,000 m2 new cellars. Founded by Sixte DUCLOT in 1886, the company kept its name when it was acquired in 1956 by Jean-Pierre Moueix.

When Jean-François Moueix succeeded his father in 1970, he introduced a new activity, complementary to traditional trading in France and abroad: selling wine to private customers, first by mail order and then in stores L'INTENDANT and BADIE (Bordeaux), LA CAVE DU LAFAYETTE GOURMET (Paris), La BORDEAUXTHÈQUE (Paris in Galeries Lafayette), CHAI & BAR (Brussels), CHATEAUNET with its concept of website and associated stores (ie stores 3C-CHÂTEAUX CASH & CARRY, Paris). Finally, CHATEAUPRIMEUR is dedicated to the online sales of “en primeur” Bordeaux wines.

This wine merchant status ensures that there is no intermediary between the chateaux and the shops/online sales of DUCLOT Company; that is why you will always find here the right prices and wines in perfect condition.

If Bordeaux growths are historically the core business of DUCLOT, in recent years the group has extended its expertise to great wines from other regions. After a strict selection with tasting sessions, the range presents the most beautiful estates and the best winemakers in Burgundy, Rhône, Loire, Champagne... and other major French and foreign vineyards. This offer is available in all the company's stores, with the exception of L'INTENDANT and LA BORDEAUXTHÈQUE only specialized in Bordeaux wines.

DUCLOT today: Jean-François Moueix is president of the family holding VIDELOT including PETRUS in Pomerol which is managed by his son Jean Moueix. Since March 2014, Ariane Khaida runs DUCLOT; she has outlined fruitful prospects for the group's future in the world, while perpetuating the family values that are dear to this historic trading house.