We bring exceptional cuvées together with those who know how to receive them.

African House of experiences and emotions.

Who we are

Une Maisonof Experiences & Emotions

The market was never short of bottles. It was short of someone to tell you which one, and why.

ART DE VIE was born from that. The rigour of a wine merchant, the warmth of a host, and one obsession: that each of your moments rings true.

If a cuvée enters here, it is because it moved us first. You will never come across a wrong choice.

A word from the founder

“It is not the days we remember, but the moments.”

If there's one thing I've learned along the way, it's that good counsel matters more than a handsome label. I don't sell bottles — I help create moments worth remembering.

That is ART DE VIE: receiving you as our own, recommending what I would choose for myself, and never letting the gilding intimidate you.

Willy Raoul
Founder & CEO
Over 20 years of premium expansion across 35 African markets · Curation & the diplomacy of hospitality
Willy Raoul, Founder & CEO ART DE VIE
Our approach

Three pillars, one standard.

01

The Selection

We taste everything before you do. What does not move us never crosses the door. Here, the wrong choice does not exist.

02

The Experience

We never leave you alone before a wall of bottles. We listen to the occasion, sense the desire, and hand you the right glass.

03

The Emotion

You come for a bottle. You leave with a story to tell once the table is set.

Our world

Our Foundations

“A great house is known by the glass it offers.”

Seventeen houses we have tasted, loved, then chosen. Nothing here by chance.

Champagne

De Saint-Gall · Dom Caudron · Telmont · Ayala · Billecart-Salmon

Effervescence with elegance, depth and emotion.

Wine

Château Pommard · Domaine Haut-Gléon · Grandi Vini (Italie) · L'Avenir (Afrique du Sud) · Domaine Berthier · Laroche · Marimar Estate (Californie)

Terroirs chosen for their character and their power to leave a memory.

Spirits

Pierre Vallet · De Segonzac · Osmoz Gin · Hine · Nerf

Distilled signatures for precious moments.

Client experiences

Tasting workshops · Corporate gifts · Wine tourism

Moments conceived as connection and transmission.

2017
Founded
17
Partner houses
5
Dedicated experts
360°
Experiences · 1 Atelier

Service, without the distance.

We will never let you choose alone. The champagne for the great days, or the first gift you dare to offer without trembling: you leave with the right one, and with the words to say as you serve it.

L’équipe ART DE VIE
The people who welcome you.
ART DE VIE

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