Winter 2008

Best Sellers in San Diego

Champagne Taste

Eight years ago, Andrea Graef made the leap from training caretakers of developmentally disabled adults to becoming an independent retailer. Graef has a definite eye for quality, as one would expect from a store called Champagne Taste. “My mother always said, ‘You have such champagne taste on a beer pocketbook,'” she explains. Originally founded in Northern California, Graef’s shop quickly became San Diego’s go-to spot for expectant mothers and baby-shower attendees upon its opening in the city’s South Park neighborhood six years ago. In addition to the many high-quality baby gifts, Graef also stocks an array of fine French soaps, candles, Italian dishware, elegant and humorous gift cards, and locally designed jewelry.

Best Sellers
Baby: Robeez baby shoes, Beba Bean Pee-pee Teepees
Home: Vietri Italian dinnerware
Jewelry: La Vie Parisienne earrings and charms
Stationery: Edgy, humorous cards by Uncooked
Bath and body: Mistral soaps and lotions, especially lavender flower and verbena flower

Andrea Graef, Owner
619.234.3585
ChampagneTaste.com