LUXURY
Dennis Overstreet, owner, proprietor of his Beverly Hills Wine Merchant has been wooing local and international clientele since 1970. The Wine Merchant nurtures its clientele with the rarest and most luxurious collectible wines and spirits with genuine personal attention and finesse. One step into this swank location, you’ll want to come back again and again, to discover the rarities and new finds. Every nook and cranny of the store holds an extraordinary discovery. Overstreet, is named “Master of Luxury” and recipient of the Best Wine Retail Website in the United States in 2013, from world renowned publisher, Marvin Shanken, of Market Watch-Trade Edition of the Wine Spectator. He will entice and possibly dazzle your senses. Also known as, Wine Merchant to the Stars, Dennis has been consulting Hollywood’s television and film industry patrons since he opened his first shop. His first followers, Dan Rowan and Dick Martin – creators of the 60’s TV hit, “Laugh-in,” soon became Overstreet’s partners. Later, Overstreet partnered with George Hamilton and together they created a wine bar and cigar lounge that took Los Angeles by storm for 5 years. Overstreet’s passion for luxury and quality is exemplified by his sophisticated style and customer list - from Gregory Peck, Jack Lemon, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Carson, Jane Fonda, Barbra Streisand to Mick Jaeger, Denzel Washington, Tim McIver, Vanna White, Daniel Craig, LeBron James, Bono and Christina Aguilera. Beware, Overstreet’s enthusiasm for wine is highly contagious, particularly when you are invited to join him for an impromptu tasting or luncheon at his “Charlie Rose” like round table aptly embedded in the bosom his store a glass encased salon, surrounded by hundreds of distinguished bottles from all over the world. If the subject is related to wine, Overstreet has an interest. He pioneered refrigerated wine storage where collectors store their wine investment in secure, refrigerated, humidified vaults. Dennis's first wine cellar was beneath the streets of Beverly Hills in a 1924 brick building on the corner of Roxbury and Little Santa Monica. There was an old incinerator and Dennis’ friend, Thomas Keller used it for private
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