It\u2019s a multigenerational endeavor and the culmination of a family dream for owners Angela and Jordan Moore of Carol Stream, who purchased the business with their parents Dale and Lynn Engebretson of Carol Stream and Fatima and Tim Moore of St. Charles.<\/p>\n
\u201cWine is something that has always brought our family together,\u201d Angela Moore said. \u201cEvery part of our life, when people get brought together, there\u2019s a bottle of wine, and we just love that shared experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
Angela and Jordan had been frequent visitors to the previous iteration of the shop since they met about 10 years ago. It was where Angela met Jordan\u2019s parents for the first time.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis had been our happy place for 10 years, and we\u2019ve always loved Geneva,\u201d Angela said.<\/p>\n
The space in the historic Berry House, which dates back to the late 1800s, has been a wine bar or retailer in some form or another for decades.<\/p>\n
When Angela and Jordan saw a Facebook post that the business was closing, they reached out to former owner Al Buchanan. They closed on the sale on the last day Buchanan was in business.<\/p>\n
Nine weeks later, the space has been completely renovated.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe difference is night and day,\u201d Jordan said.<\/p>\n
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The front room of the reopened Geneva Wine Cellar & Tasting Room features a new bar and stone accent walls. (Rick West)<\/p>\n
The family has taken multiple wine-centric vacations, visiting locales such as Italy, Portugal, California and Oregon, always making lists of wine bars they stopped in and taking notes for what they hoped would come together for them in the future.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur goal as a family was always to open a wine bar of some sort together,\u201d she said. \u201cWe tried to put all of that together into here.\u201d<\/p>\n
As you enter, the main room has a new bar as well as table seating and retail bottles for sale. Exposed stone accentuates the cellar vibe.<\/p>\n
The shop sells over 100 different wines from all over the world curated by Angela, who is the only one in the family with professional wine experience. They\u2019ll offer 16 wines by the glass at the tasting bar that will rotate every six weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got a lot of wines here you can\u2019t typically buy in a big-box retailer,\u201d Jordan said. \u201cNew World, Old World. (Angela) just did a phenomenal job putting it together.\u201d<\/p>\n
The tasting bar also will have local beers from brewers like Geneva\u2019s Penrose Brewing and simple snacks.<\/p>\n
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The second room of Geneva Wine Cellar & Tasting Room has a mellow lounge style. (Rick West)<\/p>\n
A second room just beyond features a self-pour, interactive wine machine that allows guests to sample six different bottles with one-, three- or five-ounce pours that will rotate weekly.<\/p>\n
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A self-pour, wine-by-the-glass system allows guests to try one-, three- and five-ounce pours of wine. (Rick West)<\/p>\n
\u201cThis gives a chance for people to try higher-end wines that you\u2019d never get in a glass pour at a restaurant,\u201d Jordan said. \u201cIt\u2019s great for people to try really good wines without fully committing.\u201d<\/p>\n
A third room below will be open to guests as a quiet lounge area with deep blue walls and cozy seating that can be closed off for private events.<\/p>\n
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Geneva Wine Cellar & Tasting Room features an outdoor patio that they plan to use year round, with igloos in the colder months. (Rick West)<\/p>\n
The outdoor patio will feature live music several days a week, and the family plans to add igloos for the winter months.<\/p>\n
The business employs two certified sommeliers, who will be available to help customers Friday through Sunday, and several of the employees from the previous iteration have stayed on.<\/p>\n
Angela said everything they\u2019ve done was to create a space that can be \u201ca shared experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWine has always been our passion,\u201d she said. \u201cAll of our dates, all of our vacations have been around wine, wineries and vineyards, and same with our parents. It\u2019s a new chapter for the family and we really can\u2019t wait to share it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A staple of downtown Geneva has reopened in a familiar spot with a new look and new family…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66119,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[1557,35,65,1980,3253,3254,3255,13900],"class_list":["post-66118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-geneva","tag-dining","tag-food","tag-geneva","tag-kane-county-front-headlines","tag-restaurant","tag-the-scene","tag-the-scene-kane-county","tag-wine"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116580711402871113","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}