After a red carpet grand opening, 12th Ave wine shop La Cha-Bliss is ready for its first Pride.

CHS reported here on the new venture from Howard Russell who is building on a career performing as Ladie Chablis to create a new Capitol Hill wine store.

Originally, Russell was planning to offer both domestic and imported wines from France, California, Italy, and Germany. But with Trump’s launch of an economic war, the new shop owner had to adjust the imports. The result is a happy focus on wines from Washington, Oregon, and California.

Russell is also striving to focus on bottles from queer-owned winemakers and allies. “My business is not just my business, it’s our business,” Russell told CHS earlier this year. “I’m always going to give back—there’s no doubt about that.”

La Cha-Bliss Wines is now open at 1412 12th Ave. Learn more at lachablisswines.com.

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