If we were a champagne house: we'd launch our cuvée in a late-night corner shop

The late-night corner shop

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We turn a boutique, a former shop or a raw space into a late-night corner shop more real than the real thing: a neon sign with the cuvée's name, a metal shutter half raised, tiled floors, humming glass-door fridges. Guests push the door and hear the little bell.

Everything feels familiar, yet nothing is. That twist gets a smile from the doorway, and gets the phones out.

Shelves of bottles

On the shelves, the cuvée is everywhere: neatly faced up, stacked in a pyramid on the end display, in the fridges next to the fizzy drinks. Price tags are swapped for tasting notes, and special offers for puns.

We fill the gaps with fake everyday products in the house colours: packets of crisps, tins, chewing gum. Every shelf becomes a little visual joke, and a showcase for the bottle.

The till and the branded bags

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At the door, every guest is handed tokens. They do their shopping, head to the till, the cashier scans, and the receipt prints with a little note from the house. Nobody really pays, everybody plays along.

Purchases go home in branded mesh bags, the kind you keep and take to the market. An ordinary object turned collector's item: exactly what we want to see doing the rounds after the night.

Crisps and caviar

Photo: Tsar Nicoulai Caviar, via Pinterest.

At the counter, a tasting bar that leans into the contrast: salted crisps and caviar, chips, triangle sandwiches reworked by a chef. Each pairing comes with the essentials on a small card: blend, strength, how it is served. Pressed juices and alcohol-free drinks have their place too, as polished as the cuvée.

A cellar master or sommelier steps behind the counter to tell the cuvée's story in a few words (origin, blend, how it is made), no jargon. Everyone tastes at their own pace, or picks an alcohol-free drink. And water and food stay within easy reach all night.

Content designed for Reels

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Hijacking an everyday place works really well on Reels right now: the contrast between a setting everyone knows and a luxury product lands in a second, with no sound and no caption. A late-night corner shop is a backdrop recognised everywhere.

So we design the venue like a set: the neon glow, the moment at the till, the bag dropping onto the counter, a spoonful of caviar on a crisp. We prepare a shot list for invited creators, and each one leaves with videos in line with your campaign.

Night falls on the corner shop

As night falls, the lights go down and the neon takes over. The fridges stay lit, a soundtrack chosen by the house settles in behind the till, and the place reveals another side: the same set, staged down to the last aisle.

A late-night shop, by definition, opens when everything else is shut. This is the set, consistent from the neon sign to the receipt, that press and guests will remember of the house.