Paris Winery

Okay, I'll admit it, I didn't even know there were any wineries in Paris. Did you see a mention of one someplace, I'd love to know about it? Anybody know about this?

Paris has one one vineyard - on the slopes of Montmarte. By reputation, it's a fairly nasty wine.

The problem is that Paris lies north and west of France's wine growing regions. That's why Normandy, just beyond, makes apple brandy. Paris imports all of its wine.

Doug: As usual, I'm impressed with your knowledge!Susan: Your best bet for a decent winery maya be to make the trip to the Burgundy area southeast of Paris, or for something closer go to the Champagne country to the east of Paris around Epernay.

Instead of a winery, you could visit a wine seller in Paris. I would imagine some of them offer tastings. Certainly worth looking into if you are not planning to travel into any of the wine regions.

Just read in a guidebook that we bought this year that there is a "Montmartre Wine Festival' in October. And in a link I think I found on this site 'Bars & Vins" about old wine bars etc in Paris there was a story about a barowner that had a celebration where he picked the grapes growing around the outside of his bar. It was a link to a newspaper article I believe.
Pete

The Montmartre wine harvest is always the first weekend of October..very fun and colorful..the countryside of France comes to the city www.fetedesvendangesdemontmartre.com
We've been several times.
There is the Musée du Vin..which i've never visited..but sounds interesting..plus not far from Musée Marmottan if you want to see Monet.
www.museeduvinparis.com