The Cellar Key When a new place opens in Chorlton, it really has to differentiate itself to survive.

After all, we’ve already got a ridiculous number of bars to choose from and (seemingly) most of the world’s cuisine covered in our restaurants. It’s a gamble trying to start from scratch in such a crowded market, and plenty of venues have come and gone in recent years without ever making a lasting impression.

I mention this because The Cellar Key, which opened just before Christmas in the spot formerly occupied by curry house Azad Manzil, is doing a lot of things differently.

There’s nowhere else quite like it. And that makes it worth taking a closer look.

The wine

The Cellar Key is the brainchild of Chorlton resident Andy Leathley. It’s fair to say that wine is his thing (his Twitter handle is @AndyTheWineGuy) and The Cellar Key has by…