Need some advice-
I really love wine, red is my fave! I am going solo on my trip to Paris and would like to order wine with most (ok...all) of my meals. I usually can%26#39;t drink a whole bottle and sometimes a glass is not enough. What are the other amounts available and about how much can I expect to spend on these amounts on a decent house red? What do you most often find as red house wine in paris? Cote du Rhone, Beaujoulais, Bordeaux?
Also any suggestions on places to buy good/cheap wine in paris would be appreciated? Where can I buy a cheap corkscrew?
Thanks for the help!
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You can find very inexpensive wine in any Monoprix or Franprix, lower price grocery stores. Should be able to find cheap cork screws there as well.
You could try a couple of wine bars and get a nice selection by the glass. L%26#39;Ecluse is a really good one specializing in Bordeaux, my favorite is to the left of the church at Place de la Madeleine. There is also Willie%26#39;s Wine Bar on Petite Champs. You can get a glass of wine with each course-they are both very good at matching wine with foods. In a restaurant you can order a small, medium or large caraff of the house wine for very reasonable prices. There are also small bottles of wine available. Wine is often cheaper than a glass of coke. There are wide varieties of wine offered in Paris. Most places have a wide selection to choose from. Bordeaux is a good choice if you like the heavier, darker tasting red wine-takes an educated palate and is usually too strong for me. If you like a lighter red try a Cote du Rhone or a Loire Red.
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A half bottle is 37,5 cl and you can get these almost anywhere, either in bottel or carafe (pichet). As for what is most found...this is not the US with Cab, Pinot Noir and Syrahh fabs following one another year after year. Everything is available and different cafe/restaurants have their own favorites, so there is no real trend in which one wine you will find everywhere.
Something that you may not have tried at home and that you may enjoy are the reds that are served chilled, like a Borgeuil or a Chinon.
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Most places I go to serve wine in
A glass
25cl
37.5cl or 50cl
75cl Bottle
The first price for a bottle comes in at about 12-15 euro
A 25cl jug can start at about 4euro but dining alone I find the 37.5cl pretty good value.
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Thanks for all the help-
About translation- If I wanted a 37.5cl...how would I go about ordering that in a restaurant in FRENCH?
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That would be %26quot;une demi-bouteille%26quot; or %26quot;une demi-carafe%26quot; if it is a house wine that is decanted rather than a half bottle.
There are sill some places where a demi-carafe is 50cl but a demi-bouteille is always 37.5 cl, I think.
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ok thanks-
so demi means %26#39;half%26#39;, and then quatre means %26#39;1/4th%26#39;
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A quarter carafe is %26quot;un quart%26quot; which looks like %26quot;quart%26quot; but isn%26#39;t, and is pronounced like %26quot;car%26quot; - but you knew that.
Quatre is the number 4.
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ok...so my french is not the greatest- I guess i%26quot;ll just have to drink more wine there to get over the fact that I won%26#39;t be speaking so well- after all- what is the worst that can happen- they bring me a LARGER amount than I thought I ordered- I%26#39;ll just have to drink it!
Thanks for the help
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Unlike the US, you%26#39;ll find that house wines (vin du maison) by the cafafe and half-carafe (demi-carafe) and half-bottles (demi-bouteille) are quite common in Paris. Furthermore, unlike the US, where house wines are often just out of the foil-lined, cardboard box, many %26#39;house wines%26#39; in Paris%26#39; cafes and restaurants will be surprisingly quite good and the selections of better wines available in demi-bouteilles will be greater. You%26#39;ll also find that unlike many of their US counterparts (%26#39;..we%26#39;ve got red, white and rose..%26#39;) Parisian waiters won%26#39;t get that glazed look on the faces--like deer caught in the headlights--when you ask them about wine selections and different wines.
There are also any number of %26#39;wine bars%26#39; in Paris where many better and fine wines can be ordered by the glass, allowing you to sample several during a light meal. Perhpas the most frequent are those run by L%26#39;Ecluse, but other good ones are Willi%26#39;s Wine Bar on the right bank and Fish on the Left bank--
bkwine.com/wine_pictures/mixed/locations1.htm
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A little bit off topic - but there is really no reason to drink alone in Paris. This may be a little tacky but on my first night in town my husband and I always head to an English speaking bar to shake off a little jet lag and to see if anyone interesting shows up. I really enjoy chatting up tourists from all over and sharing advice. Over Christmas we meet a really cool English guy at a pub behind the Socre Coeur. He was living in Paris working on cell phone networks. We ended up spending most of the afternoon together walking around his neighborhood and speaking about living abroad. We ended up at a really great local restaurant that he recommended.
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