Description: I've been wine tasting in several countries, including here in the UK and I've never been disappointed. So I couldn't visit Paris and not try some lovely French wine could I?
As I have said in the other reviews in this journal we bought the Paris Pass for our two days in Paris and one of the things we could do was wine tasting at O Chateau. I jumped at the chance and we booked in for an afternoon tasting session (and if you're reading the whole journal then you'll know that I needed a glass after visiting the waxwork museum). You don't have to have the Paris Pass to enjoy this attraction though, they have there own website and if you are visiting Paris I really would recommend booking in for a session to experience some of the wines of France....and maybe even purchase some to take home. You can't book the same 1 hour session that we had without the Paris Pass, but there are plenty of options and given my experience they all seem to be worth the money. For 50 Euros you can get a 2 hour session that lets you taste 5 wines and a champagne.
Back to our session, we arrived early and the venue was really easy to find, it's quite near the Louvre so you can combine the two things together in one day if you want. We were taken through a lovely quiet bar/restaurant area to the wine cellar tasting area. We were the first people to arrive so just waited on some nice comfy seats and then were shown through the a room with a huge dining table , where we all took a seat. We were in a group of around 25 people, all were English speaking and we were soon introduced to our English speaking sommelier who was really lively and friendly, as well as being knowledgable.
We tried 3 wines, a red, a white and a rose all from France. Each wine was introduced using a map of France that showed the area the grapes are grown and our sommelier explained how the wine was produced. We were then given a taste, which was actually a very generous glassful. Our sommelier showed us how to taste the wine properly, by passing oxygen through your mouth (we looked very silly trying to do it!). We were then asked what we thought the wine tasted like, before being told what she thought it tasted like. I liked the fact that we weren't told what the wine was supposed to taste like, we could make your own minds up.
The wines we tasted were all really nice although I didn't buy any bottles to take home. We had a really fun time at this wine tasting and it only took one hour. The venue was nice, the staff were friendly and we got try some superb wines. If you're in Paris, get yourself along to O Chateau!
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