Small Batch Cocktail & Spirits News from France
This month we celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8th, a great occasion to bring together two fabulous topics: Women & Champagne. To take a deeper dive into these two subjects, I invited Cynthia Coutu, founder of Delectabulles, a champagne networking club for women into the studio to talk about her experience with women as champagne drinkers and champagne makers.
Remember Lavomatic, the Paris cocktail bar with an entrance hidden in a washing machine? If you like that, you’ll love their little sister bar, L’Epicier, with its entrance hidden in the shelves of a convenience store.
Quick take: pair a Moscow Mule cocktail with a Camembert de Normandie cheese In our cheese + cocktail pairing project, I combine my cocktail know-how with the encyclopedic cheese knowledge […]
This month we’re talking French whisky! Did you know that whisky is not only the most popular spirit in France, but that the French drink more whisky than any other country?! (about 2.2 litres per capita annually as opposed to, for example, about 1.5 litres per capita in the US!)
Hello Cocktail Lovers. This month is the arrival of Beaujolais Nouveau! And to celebrate the occasion, I invited Aaron Ayscough of Not Drinking Poison in Paris to discuss the region.
Le Syndicat 51 rue Faubourg Saint Denis 75010 Paris French ingredients have always been a cornerstone of cocktail culture, lately, la belle France has really been looking inward for inspiration. […]
Wildrik 20 rue de Picardie 75003 Paris I hold more stock in being right than being first. Even so, I was (unintentionally) the very first costumer to hit Minibar, the […]
L’Apparemment Café 18, Rue des Coutures St-Gervais Paris 75003 Tel: 01 48 87 12 22 On some cocktail adventures, we get bad service.On some, we get bad drinks.On some, we […]
Cafe Chic 126 Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honore 75008 Paris Tel: 01 45 63 69 69 I love learning new words. So I was quite pleased when Justine joined me for martinis […]
Delaville Cafe 34 boulevard de Bonne Nouvelle 75010 Paris Tel: +33 (0)1 48 24 48 09 It’s probably my admittedly perverse bent, but I like venues that have been transformed […]
