A nationally recognized wine shop in Boston known for its uniquely curated selection has been forced to shut down after more than a decade.

The Urban Grape in the South End said in an Instagram post Wednesday, Oct. 8. that the store closed due to failed negotiations with the store’s lender.

“This has been a very difficult year for our company,” owners TJ and Hadley Douglas wrote in the post. “For over 12 months, TJ and I, along with our family and a group of wonderful investors, have worked tirelessly to reach an agreement with our local SBA lender, Cambridge Savings Bank, with the hope of saving and rebuilding the store to its former inventory and success.”

They continued, “Unfortunately, negotiations with our lender deteriorated over the past week, and we are being forced to clos

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