La Casa Marquet
“At the beginning of the 20th. century, my grandfather, followed in due course by my father, was already active in the wine business. I grew up, therefore, amongst all the casks arrayed around the cellar.”
Jordi Marquet Mandicó
About us
After such a childhood, it was only natural that, one day in September 1974 (we have forgotten precisely which!), Jordi Marquet and his wife Frédérique should open the first ‘boutique’ in Andorra specializing in delicacies, fine wines and spirits. It was located in those days on the Avenue Carlemany in Escaldes-Engordany.
Marquet has since evolved at the same rhythm as its clientèle, from refined grocery store to “Gourmeterie®”. What, then, is a “Gourmeterie”? The underlying principle is this: not only to sell fine produce and wines, but moreover to allow its clientèle to savour them there and then, seated around a bistrot table.
In 2004, Gourmeterie Marquet moved to three-storey premises on Escaldes-Engordany’s Plaça Coprinceps: the cellar in the basement, the delicatessen boutique-bistrot on the ground floor and the restaurant on the first floor. The restaurant was the innovation, the principal supplier of which being located immediately downstairs.
Since the beginning of our activity, some not-to-be-missed products have ended up being imposed on the customers of La Gourmeterie.
The private collection
Side-by-side with these activities, the Marquet family is a great connoisseur and collector of fine wine. You can see here the wines constituting the impressive Marquet private collection.
