Wine & Bar


A cellar is only as good as the person,
who knows him.

THE CELLAR

The cellar is not a random collection, but an attitude. The wines follow the cuisine, not the fashion. It is not the big name that decides, but the question of what suits an evening in this house. Winemakers you should know. And a few you will drink here for the first time.

You can read your way through the map. Or you can simply ask Torsten Schliesing.

A basement is a cellar.
And there has always been a storage room in this house.

Torsten Schliesing

He runs the restaurant and he runs the cellar. Both with the same calm. He has not yet experienced a guest who knew too little about wine. He has experienced many who thought they knew too little.

„There is no such thing as a wrong wine. There is only the one that does not suit this evening. My job is to know the difference. Yours is to drink it.“
TORSTEN SCHLIESING

He won't overwhelm you. He won't throw years around. He will ask what you are eating, what else you like to drink, whether it's going to be a long evening. And then he will place a bottle on the table that you'll still be talking about the next day.

THE BAR

The bar is the first thing you see when you step through the glass door. No reception desk, no queue, no list. A bar. This is not an architectural coincidence, but an attitude. Before you are seated at a table, you are meant to be allowed to arrive.

Classic or modern. With alcohol or without. We have bartenders who know their trade, and they look forward to guests who want something different from the obvious. Tell us what you fancy, even if you don't know the name.

And once the table is ready, simply take your glass with you.

A shelving unit behind the bar at JOSEPH'S Cologne.
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Phone bookings: +02 5560 1200. Closed Sunday evening and Mondays. If you would like to book a table on a Sunday, we are open for lunch only.
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