Clearwater Character
Lina Teixeira and Leonardo Caicedo
Wine connoisseurs can experience wine in a
02 MyClearwater
whole new way in Downtown Clearwater.
Pour Yours, a unique wine bar and bistro
experience, opened in May 2018 and
offers a new range of wines to please any palette, novice or
not-so-much. Red or white, sweet or robust, Pour Yours has
it all.
Clearwater resident Lina Teixeira owns and
operates this unique wine bar at 522
Cleveland St. She got the idea after
visiting her daughter on a trip
to a little village in northern
Italy. There are other
self-serve locations like
it in neighboring
cities, but this
is Clearwater’s
first one. It’s
a warm and
friendly place,
decorated with
interesting
art on all the
walls.
“I love the
idea of being
left to my own
devices to taste
a little at a time,”
Teixeira said. “I
like to have the
luxury of having a
taste before I commit to
a half-glass or a full glass.”
Pour Yours boasts 24 wines in
automatic-pour machines, which
dispense pours to your taste. Customers
can try 1-, 3-, and 6-ounce pours from a range
of low-, middle- and high-end wines. Customers provide
their credit cards at the beginning of their wine experience,
and they are issued cards that they insert in the machines to
track their use and what they owe.
She and her business partner, Leonardo Caicedo, opened
the bistro together. “He’s like a brother to me,” she said of
the owner of La Fondita de Leo,
located next door. Caicedo
also is the executive chef
of the Pour Yours menu.
“Normally wine bars
have just cheese plates,
cold cuts, fruits and
dates. We have a bigger
selection of tapas than
most other wine
bars.”
“We change out the
wines, sometimes,”
Teixeira said, based
on what people are
enjoying and if there
are special requests.
She said people like to
try the more expensive
bottles. “We offer 52
different kinds. The Saldo,
for example, is on the higher
end. People don’t want a whole
glass, but they’ll enjoy a little
taste.” The bistro also sells wine by
the bottle.
One thing has surprised her since opening
the store. “People like to graze on wine,” she
said. Instead of having two full glasses of 6