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French wine is world-renowned and your trip to Paris is the perfect chance to experience the best wine tasting Paris has to offer, as well as improve your sommelier skills. Here are some top tips for how to go about tasting quality French wine whilst you’re in Paris…
Wine tasting in Paris France
Taking part in a cours de dégustation is a great way to improve your knowledge of French wine, with the assistance of real sommelier experts, passionate about their profession. Here are some of INSIDR’s tried and tested top picks of where you can go wine testing in Paris…
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Ô CHATEAU WINE TASTING PARIS
French wine tastings for the novice and master classes for connoisseurs are presented in English by trained sommeliers. Learn about terroir and appellation in these fun and informative classes, held in historic wine cellars. There are many classes available to suit the taste of any wine lover; from wine and cheese luncheons, to a Grands Crus tasting class to a wine cruise on the Seine.
68 rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1st arrondissement, Open Monday to Saturday: 4pm– midnight
Check out their website for more information including the O Chateau Paris Pass
LOCALERS
Localers, a guided tour company based in Paris, have created the perfect wine & cheese pairing for you to indulge in. Amber, your wine expert du jour, will take you on a friendly 2 hour adventure during which you will understand French terroir, production techniques, and get helpful tips on how to purchase and order wine with confidence. You will taste an array of 7 wines & cheese varieties from Alsace to Provence and everything in between, in an unpretentious yet elegant Parisian setting that’s inviting to all.
Check out their website to book your Localers wine & cheese pairing experience
LES CAVES DU LOUVRE – WINE AND CHAMPAGNE TASTING PARIS
These historic wine cellars were established by King Louis XV’s sommelier. Centuries later, the cellars were fully renovated and opened up to the public. The wine tasting sessions at Les Caves du Louvre combine the old with the modern, using a free downloadable app to guide their visitors around the various rooms to engage all the senses in this wine tasting experience. There is a room where you can practice mixing your own wine, which for an extra fee you can have bottled to take home. At the end of the tour, you can opt for a wine and Champagne tasting at the wine bar.
Note, for Paris pass holders, this wine tasting experience is included for free.
52 rue de l’Arbre Sec, 1st arrondissement, Open daily from 10am-6pm,
Check their website for more information
Our top wine bars
If you want an evening indulging in some quality wine, but don’t fancy a wine tasting class, you should just head to a Parisian bar à vin. Here are a few of INSIDR’s favourites…
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FREDDY’S
A fun and friendly wine bar located near the bustling Odeon neighbourhood. They have a great selection of wine for you to choose from and their clued up staff are always on hand to give you some helpful advice!
54 rue de Seine, 6th arrondissement, Open daily from 12pm-12am
Check their Facebook for more information
WINE BY ONE
This wine bar offers a rather unconventional, but incredibly fun wine tasting experience. Once you arrive, you charge your Wine by One card with cash which will allow you to use their many wine machines to discover their vast selection of quality wine. The wine machines, that resemble something of a soda machine, line the walls, and you select the wine you fancy, choosing to get a small pour, and then, if you like it, you can go back and choose a larger pour. They even had a fun “mystery bottle” wrapped in all black with a big question mark for you to enjoy!
27 rue de Marignan, 8th arrondissement, Open Tuesday to Friday: midday- 10pm and Saturday: 3-8pm
Check out their website for more information
JUVENILES
This quaint and friendly wine bistro serves an impressive food menu filled with traditional French dishes that you can enjoy alongside one of their carefully selected bottles of wine.
47 rue de Richelieu, 1st arrondissement, Open Tuesday-Saturday: midday- 11pm
Check out their website for or information
Quality wine shops
If you’re looking for the perfect wine to enjoy chez vous, take back home as a gift, or simply add to your own personal wine collection, there are many places in Paris where you can purchase quality wine to take away…
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BIBOVINO
Nestled away in the trendy eateries in the of the Marché des Enfants Rouges, you’ll find a wine shop that’s thought out the box, by keeping wine in a box. Bibovino’s bright purple boxed wines come from high-quality, small-scale producers and are available by the glass, carafe, or box.
35 rue Charlot, 3rd arrondissement, Open Tuesday to Thursday: 11am- 2.30pm, Friday to Saturday 11am- 8pm and Sunday 10:30am- 6:30pm
Check their website for more information
EN VRAC
En Vrac means “in bulk,” an appropriate name for a bar where customers choose from a selection of natural wines that can be sampled on-site or taken off-site in fun French lemonade inspired bottles, or you can bring your own. The prices are very reasonable and it’s the perfect way to enjoy your own wine tasting chez vous!
2 rue de l’Olive, 18th arrondissement, Open from Monday to Sunday: 10am- midnight
48 rue Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, 9th arrondissement, Open Monday to Friday: 5pm- 8:30pm
Check their website for more information
La Bordeauxthèque at Galeries Lafayette
Talking about French wine, Bordeaux is definitely the most classic yet marvelous choice. Ranging from renowned Grand Cru to smaller vignerons, La Bordeauxthèque offers you a delicate collection of over 1,000 labels exclusively from the Bordeaux region. 7 hospitable vendor-sommeliers speaking English, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese and French are ready to help you with very personalized advice on quality French wines.
Lafayette Gourmet, 1st floor 35 boulevard Haussmann, 75009 Paris, Open Monday to Saturday 8:30 am-9:30 pm
Check their website to see their selection
NYSA
Comprising of a number of stores around Paris, this wine store removes all the pomp and pageantry from wine tasting, keeping things simple: quality wine, at reasonable prices, chosen by theme so you know what you should be drinking with what, when. Très simple.
Check out their website to discover a store near you
Coincide your trip with one of Paris’ wine festivals
Photo credit: Fête des Vendages de Montmartre Facebook page
LA FETE DES VENDAGES DE MONTMARTRE– MONTMARTRE’S HARVEST FESTIVAL
Beginning of October
You may not have been aware, but Montmartre has its very own vineyards which date from 390 B.C! Every year, around the first week of October, the harvest is celebrated with a parade and festival that includes wine-tasting booths, food stalls, music and dancing in the streets.
Check their website for more information
BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU
End of November
Every year, on the third Thursday of November, the arrival of the new crop of Beaujolais Nouveau wine is celebrated throughout France. In Paris, bars, cafés and restaurants offer special promotions featuring the latest vintage. Look for signs saying: “Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé!” or “le nouveau est arrivé!”
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