Wine tools included

With this theme as inspiration, Margherita Matticari dreamt up Le Plateau and worked alongside our Studio to bring the creation to life.

Far more than a mere object, Le Plateau is a performance space where the Art of Enjoying Fine Wine takes center stage. The curtain is drawn with the opening of each bottle. Every glass plays its part and contributes to elegant and joyful moments to be shared together.

Let us set the scene: Le Plateau on the timbered terrace of a Venetian palazzo. Murano in the distance. A late summer afternoon. Time in a bottle.

Act I: The Object as a Volume.

Le Plateau is a piece of minimalist architecture. It was designed not simply as an object but as a creation of pure volume – an important nuance that makes all the difference in turning elegance into a true experience.

Act II: The Finest of Woods.

Made from only the finest cherry wood – carefully selected and crafted without artifice by our approved craftsmen – the base of the tray is slightly raised. This creates a floating effect, as though the stage for your glasses and bottle were levitating.

Act III: The Twist.

Where there’s a stage, there’s a backstage. If Le Plateau is the main stage, its two drawers take you behind the scenes where the magic happens. In fact, Le Plateau’s game of hide-and-seek with its two subtly concealed drawers is one of its most unique characteristics. One drawer is made of yellow lacquer and houses ten handmade leather coasters. The other is made of blue lacquer and contains five essential Wine Tools for any tasting ritual – all presented on a thick, full-grain leather mat and held in place by discreet wooden inserts. Each drawer opens effortlessly thanks to a clever push and pull mechanism. The choice of colors was no accident, with shades of luminous yellow and deep blue that bring the noble wood to life in stark relief. As the perfect finishing touch, the silver reflections of the Wine Tools light up the whole creation.

Act IV: Slice of Life.

For the pleasure of connoisseurs and collectors alike, Le Plateau naturally finds its place on your coffee table, near the fireplace, in the kitchen or cellar, on the sofa, in bed, and even on the deck of a three-masted sailboat or a traditional Venetian bragozzo.

Let the tasting begin. Salute!

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Pinot Noir, Grenache, Sauvignon, Chardonnay. A garden in the city or out on the farm. A French or English garden. A secret garden. A garden to seek refuge. For the new Vine to Garden collection, L’Atelier du Vin has drawn inspiration from the Champagne region and the most elegant gardens in France. A morning among the vines. An afternoon in the garden. Clear blue skies, the alluring scent of flowers in bloom, a nightingale’s song, a wrought-iron table. A bright white tablecloth to enhance the effect of sparkling crystal. When poised next to a bouquet of freshly picked roses or peonies, the L’Atelier du Vin x FELCO tool pouch elegantly displays essential tools of both wine and garden.

The Bilame, the reference corkscrew since 1949

The ”Bilame”, twin blade corkscrew, extracts and leaves the cork intacts, even those whiwh are old and fragile. The cork is not pierced, and thus does not crumble. As the legend goes, the Bilame was the favourite tool of waiters in French ”bistrots”. Thanks to it, they could take a few sips from bottles and then replace corks without anyone noticing.

How to use it?

1. Slide the two blades down either side of the cork, starting with the longer one. 2. Press down, while moving the bottle opener back and forth, to insert each blade as far as possible. 3. Pull and rotate the handle to extract the cork from the neck.

The FELCO 2, the reference pruning shear since 1948

In 1948, FELCO launched a pruning shear that would change the landscape of pruning tools forever. The iconic design of the FELCO 2 makes it an ideal tool for all pruning tasks, for both professional and private users. Since then, it has embodied the know-how, quality and precision of the Swiss company. Swissmade, reliable and durable, these pruning hears are handed down from generation to generation.

How to use it? – FELCO 903 Sharpener

1. Sharpen your blade with the flat face of the FELCO 903, using light circular movements. 2. Remove the burr from the back of the blade and sharpen it, to allow perfect crossing of the cutting head.

The Tool Pouch

The finest gems of craftsmanship united in a single pouch. Whether hanging from your belt, left on a table or a stone bench, or dangling from a vine, the L’Atelier du Vin x FELCO tool pouch from the Vine to Garden collection is the perfect housing for the most iconic tools of these two illustrious brands. Widely renowned by connoisseurs, the Bilame corkscrew opens the most precious bottles without piercing the cork – no matter how old it is. The bottle opener at the top is ideal for quenching your thirst with flavored sparkling water while pruning vines or gardening. Presented here in a pure zamak version, the Bilame is paired with a gardening must-have: the FELCO 2 pruning shears from the eponymous Swiss brand. Acclaimed by the most seasoned winegrowers and gardeners across the globe, the FELCO 2 boasts unmatched cutting performance. Created in the 1940s – just like the Bilame – the all-aluminum pruning shears are made to withstand both the elements and the passage of time alike. The FELCO 903 diamond sharpening stone is the perfect finishing touch. The discreet pocket on the back offers ample space for essential gardening accessories like gloves, a spool of raffia and sunscreen.

Leather as strong as acacia and as delicate as a rose petal. The L’Atelier du Vin x FELCO tool pouch was crafted for enthusiasts and lovers of fine objects, made from long-lasting vegetable tanned full-grain leather of the finest quality fatto a mano in Italia. Its natural and timeless vine-inspired color serves only to enhance the steel wine and gardening tools, as well as the golden gleam of the metal eyelets that adorn the leather fasteners. A stroll across the garden and across time. With an air of refinement and elegance, the Vine to Garden collection was made to accompany enthusiasts of the French art de vivre on all their poetic and artistic strolls. Designed by stylist Margherita Matticari and the L’Atelier du Vin studio, the Vine to Garden collection is the promise of a “châteaux life” that ages like a fine vintage.

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With a distinctive black marble base and pure, flowing lines, the elegant design of our Champagne stopper makes it a true objet d’art for the home. Taking the form of an original Champagne cork, the stopper is both functional and eye-catching.

Each stopper is a unique work of art in its own right, designed to enhance your enjoyment of Champagne and sparkling wine. Rooted in luxury craftsmanship, the Bubble Cork is a tribute to exclusivity, perfect for anyone looking to enhance their collection of sommelier accessories or to offer a memorable gift that effortlessly combines finesse with functionality.

Get the most out of your Champagnes and sparkling wines

Le bouchon à champagne et vins pétillants est une clef de voûte dans l’appréciation et la conservation de ces breuvages effervescents. À la fois gardien de la vivacité et protecteur des arômes, le Bubble Cork est un accessoire essentiel pour maintenir l’âme pétillante de vos meilleures bouteilles.

An opened bottle of Champagne or sparkling wine needs to be properly resealed so that its characteristic bubbles, synonymous with celebration and vitality, last. The Bubble Cork is an essential accessory for maintaining this sparkling soul. Both a guardian of vivacity and a protector of aromas, our Champagne and sparkling wine stopper will play a vital role in both the appreciation and preservation of your finest bottles.

The stopper provides a hermetic seal to stop oxygen from entering the bottle, while also maintaining the pressure that’s so essential to safeguarding its effervescence. Without it, the wine quickly loses its character and distinctive flavour. Whether you’re a Champagne connoisseur, a lover of Prosecco or have a passion for another sparkling nectar, the Bubble Cork is your ally in ensuring that every glass remains etched in the memory of your taste buds.

A state-of-the-art mechanism

The stopper’s mechanism is designed so that the lower part screws completely into the bottle, ensuring that the seal is totally hermetic. The bubbles in your sparkling wine or Champagne are preserved for up to 3 days, so you can enjoy it over 2 or more sessions.

How to use it?

The Bubble Cork Champagne stopper should be in the unscrewed position before being inserted into the bottle. Push the stopper into the neck of the bottle and screw the top part on tightly while holding the bottom part. To remove the stopper, hold the lower part and completely unscrew the upper part.

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Paris-based Italian designer Margherita Matticari offers an authentic and unique vision that combines innovative design with outstanding craftsmanship. The result? Functional, elegant and timeless objects that are made to be used. Made for life. Geometry marks Margherita’s second collaboration with L’Atelier du Vin, after her exceptional design of the Nomad Collection in 2021.

Geometry: Is it a gift box or a sculpture?

Actually, it’s both! Our vision behind Geometry was to create a box/sculpture piece. Serving as a box, Geometry opens to reveal the iconic L’Atelier du Vin corkscrew, Oeno Motion Gold. At the same time, whether open or closed, Geometry is a sculpture and work of art in its own right.

The Geometry of Wine in a Designer Corkscrew Set

Just as wine is enveloped in a bottle, this stainless-steel bottle opener is encapsulated in a timeless, beautiful black lacquered wooden sculpture. Inside the minimalist box lies an oenological treasure of exceptional craftsmanship: the Oeno Motion Gold corkscrew, ready to open a fine bottle of red, white or rosé wine.

Its foolproof mechanism enables to effortlessly extract the cork, much to the delight of wine connoisseurs. This prestigious corkscrew, complete with a foil cutter discreetly located in the inner side of its jaw, provides a good grip and solid support on the neck. Simply push the lever down to plunge the worm into the cork and pull it up to effortlessly extract it.

Remove the corkscrew from the bottle and repeat this movement to release the cork from your authentic sommelier tool, in preparation of your next tasting experience. This back-and-forth movement is reflected by the subtle sliding motion of the sculpted Geometry box, which opens and closes like a tribute to the art of revealing and hiding, or the ancestral secrets of wine making.

Oeno Motion Gold Geometry, an Exceptional Corkscrew

This powerful bottle opener, a technical and ergonomic masterpiece that encapsulates the art of living wine, was designed to last, as an heirloom to be passed from one generation to the next.

Oeno Motion Gold stands out from the other corkscrews in our wine accessory collections for the impression of power and grandeur it conveys both visually and physically.

Chaque pièce métallique de son mécanisme a été soigneusement étudiée, dessinée, renforcée, perfectionnée par nos designers et ingénieurs jusqu’à trouver l’équilibre parfait entre robustesse de l’outil, fluidité du geste, fiabilité de l’ouverture et charme du design.

Adapté à tous les formats de bouteilles et de bouchons, cet ouvre-bouteille à levier de collection propose une ergonomie différente du tire-bouchon sommelier, du limonadier, du bilame, de la vis sans fin ou encore du tire-bouchon à double levier, au moment de déboucher un flacon rare.

Aussi imperturbable que rassurant, Oeno Motion Gold Geometry est le tire-bouchon de référence en cas d’extraction délicate : un accessoire indispensable lorsqu’il s’agit de déboucher une bouteille de garde patiemment portée à maturité dans votre cave à vin. Il est ainsi particulièrement apprécié des sommeliers, œnologues, cavistes et amateurs de vin exigeants.

The Geometry set, designed by Margherita Matticari, will also delight collectors and lovers of wine and art, in line with the rare corkscrew sets and collector bottle openers created by L’Atelier du Vin, a French manufacturer of wine tools from father to son since 1926.

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Soufflée à la bouche par un maître artisan verrier, chaque flûte à champagne Bubbles Celebration est une pièce unique et numérotée. Toute la finesse des bulles s’exprime dans cet audacieux verre sur pied de collectionneur. Soudain, les heureux dégustateurs ont les yeux pétillants, le verre idéal en main, la poésie au bout des lèvres.

Comme une renaissance dans un corps de lumière, la courbe du calice en forme de tulipe des traditionnels verres de champagne devient ligne droite, profil minimal et affûté d’un cône géométrique, libérant instantanément une étonnante sensation de fraîcheur. Au pied de la coupe, le cercle plan devient sphère, fantaisie d’une bulle de champagne matérialisée par un sublime verre transparent et coloré. Visuellement, le résultat est extraordinaire.

Par sa légèreté euphorisante, son harmonieux grain de folie, ce duo de coupes de champagne est un authentique chef d’œuvre de design conceptuel, parfaitement exécuté en verrerie pour créer l’effervescence du moment de dégustation. Les arts de la table sont autant respectés que bouleversés par cette double signature d’artistes, pour ne retenir que l’essentiel : partager le plaisir d’être ensemble. Trinquer et rire aux éclats !

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They bring a certain flow, confidence and grace to the wine experience.

The six decorative pieces are presented in a lined case crafted from responsible calfskin tanned in Italy. The outer leather is supple and sensual, while the inner is engineered to resist wine stains.

Lastly, a hidden, hand-sewn pocket can tuck away business cards, wine labels or thank you notes.

For Les Bijoux, I designed a case that’s minimalist and sleek on the outside to house precious pieces within.

– Margherita, Leather designer for L’Atelier du Vin.

Les Bijoux, Precious Jewels for Beautiful Bottles

L’Atelier du Vin’s Les Bijoux set, or “Jewels” in English, adds an elegant finishing touch to wine tasting sessions. Fitted to the ring or top of the bottle, these radiant accessories enhance the oenological experience, ensuring that the sommelier’s motions are smooth, confident and graceful.

The set is made up of 6 prestigious wine tools, designed to perfect the serving process and prolong the tasting experience, carefully arranged in a genuine leather pouch. Each of the 3 bottle stoppers and 3 wine drip rings, in matte pink, silver and gold, are as practical as they are elegant, and will showcase your finest bottles of wine.

This collection of luxury wine accessories, with its 3 exquisite hues and timeless designs, complements all wine colours, bottles shapes and label styles, from great historical grand crus to promising young vintages.

3 Elegant Wine Drip Rings

Inspired by the creations of bespoke jewellers, these pink, silver or gold metal adjustable drip rings were designed to enhance the wine bottle’s neck. But that’s not all. The absorbent felt layer on the inside discretely soaks up any drops of wine to ensure a perfect, drip-free pouring process.

3 Bottle Stoppers to Honour Each Tasting Experience

In the place of the cork, each bottle stopper crowns the glass bottle. With refined and ergonomic curves, these three jewel stoppers provide an optimal grip using the thumb and index finger. You can thus continue to enjoy an open bottle of wine, while uncorking and recorking it with great ease.

The stoppers are also made out of ideally weighted alloy, reflecting their value and quality. Their food-grade silicone rings adapt to all neck diameters to ensure an airtight seal. The wine is honoured as it should be and preserved to the very last drop.

A Responsible and Genuine Leather Case, Hand-Tanned in Italy

These six wine jewels are arranged in a double calf leather pouch, made from responsible leather tanned in Italy. Each leather case is a unique piece, handmade by highly skilled craftsmen, selected by our design studio.

The case’s outer leather is supple, raw and sensual, whereas the inner leather is smooth and technical to avoid wine stains. Enthusiasts can also insert business cards, wine labels or little thank you notes in the hidden hand-sewn pocket.

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« I wanted a visual surprise when opening each kit. The challenge for me was to imagine a beautiful, practical object to highlight the quality of L’Atelier du Vin’s tools. In a way, to marry the elegance of something hand-made with functional minimalism. L’Atelier du Vin’s kits are esthetic and useful objects but also ethical and timeless. Beauty spans the ages, and these kits bear witness to that. »

Margherita Matticari,
Artistic Direction – Nomad Collection for L’Atelier du Vin.

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UNIQUE PIECES, HANDMADE SPIRIT

The outside of each case is made of unworked fawn leather, a raw color that develops a patina with time and peregrinations. The inside of each case is made of resistant and colored technical leather.

ELEGANTLY SIMPLE, SIMPLY ELEGANT

Each wine lover is unique, so is each L’Atelier du Vin toolkit… just like its next owner.

« I wanted a visual surprise when opening each kit. The challenge for me was to imagine a beautiful, practical object to highlight the quality of L’Atelier du Vin’s tools. In a way, to marry the elegance of something hand-made with functional minimalism. L’Atelier du Vin’s kits are esthetic and useful objects but also ethical and timeless. Beauty spans the ages, and these kits bear witness to that. »

Margherita Matticari,
Artistic Direction – Nomad Collection for L’Atelier du Vin.

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UNIQUE PIECES, HANDMADE SPIRIT

The outside of each case is made of unworked fawn leather, a raw color that develops a patina with time and peregrinations. The inside of each case is made of resistant and colored technical leather.

« I wanted a visual surprise when opening each kit. The challenge for me was to imagine a beautiful, practical object to highlight the quality of L’Atelier du Vin’s tools. In a way, to marry the elegance of something hand-made with functional minimalism. L’Atelier du Vin’s kits are esthetic and useful objects but also ethical and timeless. Beauty spans the ages, and these kits bear witness to that. »

Margherita Matticari,
Artistic Direction – Nomad Collection for L’Atelier du Vin.

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UNIQUE PIECES, HANDMADE SPIRIT

The outside of each case is made of unworked fawn leather, a raw color that develops a patina with time and peregrinations. The inside of each case is made of resistant and colored technical leather.

ELEGANTLY SIMPLE, SIMPLY ELEGANT

Each wine lover is unique, so is each L’Atelier du Vin toolkit… just like its next owner.

« I wanted a visual surprise when opening each kit. The challenge for me was to imagine a beautiful, practical object to highlight the quality of L’Atelier du Vin’s tools. In a way, to marry the elegance of something hand-made with functional minimalism. L’Atelier du Vin’s kits are esthetic and useful objects but also ethical and timeless. Beauty spans the ages, and these kits bear witness to that. »

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