About us

Every time La Fenice - Fenix Avis Unica, the one and only phoenix - rises from the flames, we’re pretty sure she opens a good bottle of wine and enjoys her renewed joie de vivre. 

And what better way than in the company of a book that’s been validated by centuries, nerding out over delightful, quirky details? If the book happens to be about wine, wonders, or richly illustrated works, so much the better.

This Fenice, embodied by two partners in life and business, decided (after years in corporate life) that it was time to stop and smell the books. 

So they put their international experience and network to good use in the antiquarian world, combining it with personal passions: one Fenice founder is a perennial wine student and has an encyclopedic knowledge of cookery; the other has a master’s degree in art and antiques. 

On top of these subject matters, they both like animals, travel, science and its little odd sister, occulta - so La Fenice’s offer leans naturally into these fields. 

They started collecting, here and there. One day they designed a pretty logo inspired by the Liber Chronicarum. And just like that, La Fenice Antiquaria was born.