Wine lovers, rejoice!
Downtown Durango’s tiniest wine shop is moving two blocks west to more than double its space and its eclectic offerings, to say nothing of improving its parking.
Put a Cork in It, owned by Alan Cuenca for almost two years, will adjoin a newly expanded Natural Grocers in the 1100 block of Camino del Rio, hopefully by mid-January.
Cuenca cites the natural affinity between the health food store’s dedication to organic, sustainable foods and his own devotion to seeking out organic, sustainable and biodynamic wines (they taste better and you get fewer headaches.)
While the idea of going from 310 square feet to 750 seemed impossible to him a year ago when Natural Grocers staff approached him, today it seems impossible to pass by.
“It’s a no-brainer,” he said. “I have to take this leap.”
He promises to keep the quaint hominess of his 10th Street shop in its new location while tripling his inventory of European and New World wines and adding more specialty beers and artisan liquors. And he’ll continue offering wine tastings in the new space.
The new year is looking bright already.
