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- Nate - 07-28-2001
I am totally new the world of wine and have the perfect opportunity to explore it. I will be in Paris next year on study abroad, and I need all the advice you can spare on what wines to buy, where to buy them, and which ones to use for meals, cheese, picnics, and desserts. Thanks!
- hotwine - 07-28-2001
Nate, you need to read all you can. Start with "Wine for Dummies", invest in a copy of the Larousse Encyclopedia of Wine; then get a French girlfriend as soon as you arrive. She'll take care of the rest.
- chittychattykathy - 07-28-2001
Nate,
Wine is a part of the French "lifestyle", I feel most of the knowledge your seeking will be experienced and learned each day of your stay. So read a few wine books now and then be ready to completely adapt to a new "lifestyle", when you go!
& Finding a French partner is not a bad idea...
- wondersofwine - 07-30-2001
Will you be living with a French family? My nephew Steve did while attending a semester abroad under a Duke University program at the Sorbonne. By the time we visited him in Paris he no longer needed a map to get around on the Metro system and was quite at home with wines at the dinner table.
- Bucko - 07-30-2001
One bit of advice -- go to Alsace!! The food and wine there are incredible. Beg, borrow or steal, but go!
Bucko
- lizardbrains - 07-30-2001
Instead of going to Alsace, France... you could try the restaurant "La Chope d'Alsace". It's an Alsacian restaurant in Paris (in the central area of Paris, south of the Seine - I don't remember specifically, since it's been a few years! - but I know it's near one of the bigger/popular "gardens/jardins"). I was a waitress there for a short time. Kind of a neat restaurant - the food was good, in my opinion! We served a lot of Riesling - that must be an Alsacian/German wine? (Forgive me, I'm new with wine - but I'm learning!)
Although... if you'd rather go to Alsace... I'm sure it would be a great experience, too! :-)
- Nate - 07-31-2001
Hey...thanks a lot for all your responses! I really appreciate it. I'll buy "Wine for Dummies" and some other books before leaving. And I'll definitely go to Alsace and the restaurant a Paris. Thanks for the advice! -Nate