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вЂњI donвЂ™t want you to stop thinking about it because IвЂ™ve already given you my answer. вЂњI donвЂ™t want to tell you to taste strawberries because maybe you taste pomegranate,вЂќ Hopkins says. Instead, youвЂ™re invited to ask questions and explore varietals and places of origin that you might not already know. I want a taste of five bottles.вЂќ To further emphasize the spirit of adventure, you wonвЂ™t find tasting note cards on the bottles at Celladora. вЂњI wanted to open a wine shop because I rarely want to drink a whole bottle. вЂњI want this to be a place of discovery and discussion,вЂќ Hopkins adds.

вЂњItвЂ™s a relationship that has to be maintained, and you have to know when youвЂ™ve pushed a boundary too far.вЂќ вЂњYou build up trust, and then youвЂ™re like, 'Bring it on, I trust you, and IвЂ™m going to let you push my boundaries,' вЂќ Hopkins explains. Hopkins says the wine buying experience should be like that of building trust in a chef at a restaurant. ItвЂ™s the kind of dish that epitomizes the dining experience at Celladora - playful, both familiar and unexpected, and most importantly, built on trust. Burakoff and Hopkins put their heads together for the 12-item menu, which includes a beef tartare built around the flavors of tabbouleh, with warm spices, toasted pine nuts, pickled turnips and a tangy yogurt sauce.

After meeting Burakoff at Pizza Bones, Hopkins says, she was impressed by the chefвЂ™s command of flavors and knew he was the right person for the job. вЂњItвЂ™s the fresh things you really remember,вЂќ says Hopkins, who drew inspiration for CelladoraвЂ™s food menu from one of her favorite wine shops/cafes, Four Horsemen in Brooklyn, New York. The 700-square-foot shop will sell wine by the bottle, and a small kitchen outfitted with an induction burner and a toaster oven will provide wine-friendly snacks and pre-dinner bites such as smoked trout spread with Grandma Utz potato chips and a cheese and charcuterie board with rotating selections listed on a central chalkboard. Hopkins assembled her lean opening team, including Ben Burakoff, formerly of Barrel Thief wine shop,В Sub Rosa Bakery and Rappahannock Restaurant, in the kitchen and industry vet Danny McDermott, formerly behind the bar at AcaciaВ and Longoven, to assist with wine sales.ДЄ veteran of the industry herself since the age of 13, when she started working in a sandwich and gourmet food shop, Hopkins understands the hours sheвЂ™ll be logging at the shop, which is within walking distance of the home she shares with her husband and 4-year-old daughter, Imogen.

What followed was a dizzying six months navigating the complexities of City Hall and gaining the approval of the neighborhood, going door to door with flyers outlining CelladoraвЂ™s business plan with surprising transparency.Д®ventually, Hopkins received the special use permit that would allow her to achieve her vision - bottle sales, sips on site and a mini kitchen providing small bites - and the race to open reached its final leg. Following a June 2021 Richmond BizSense article that characterized Celladora in part as a вЂњbar,вЂќ HopkinsвЂ™ plans were met with some specific and vocal resistance from a small number of nearby residents. Gloucester native Megan Lee Hopkins, 38, is the force behind the shop, which will open on Wednesday, Jan.

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Lombardy St., looked not like a business in its first few minutes of existence, but like a neighborhood fixture, with patrons perusing shelves full of wine and each of the shopвЂ™s four marble-topped tables occupied by wine and hospitality industry insiders whoВ had been awaiting this opening with bated breath.

During its soft launch this past weekend, Celladora Wines, a low-intervention wine shop at 111 N.