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Abstract: The rue Dauphine on the Paris Left Bank provides an exceptional example for conjointly studying the Parisian built environment and neighborhood society. Dating from 1608, the earliest residential constructions in the street include a series of 9 houses belonging to the Augustine friars; the same monks would build another twelve houses on the street in 1684, finally creating a 30-building rental complex. We apply a methodology drawing upon aforesaid rental data to develop an overall knowledge of neighborhood occupany. Over the course of the 18th century these rental houses were bespoken by merchant craftsmen who catered largely to a wealthy clientele. Sixty different professions have been identified. Among the vocations most frequently encountered were booksellers, wine merchants and rôtisseurs; however a wide variety of luxury crafts equally plied their trades. We have chosen to chart the filiations of the main tenants—all wine merchants—in a specific building over the century stretching from 1709 until 1811. A minimum of 8 persons inhabited the building on average. A detailed study of probate inventories has shed light on both the nature and value of the wine stock and its vicissitudes from 1743 until 1768. From 1737 until 1758, Edme Navarre, an officer in the wine merchants’ guild, occupied one building on rue Dauphine and rented another building situated on the opposite side of the block. This dual rental resulted from connecting wine cellars in the buildings. Navarre equally ran a tavern serving meals to clients. Navarre’s wine stock’s value was estimated at 12,573 livres tournois in 1758. The equipment in the shop was sold for 1,200 livres tournois. From our knowledge of inventories, Navarre’s wine stock’s worth can be placed at the high end of wine merchants’ inventory net worth. His wine contained little Orléans wine (considered low grade) and contained large quantities of Mediterranean varieties. A detailed description of the both wine shop and it shop’s furnishing is provided.