The Best Travel Tips: An Essential Guide to Great Travel Preparing for travel abroad can be a daunting task. French Wine Explorers is here to help alleviate some of the stress that comes from travel planning. This essential guide includes travel tips from how to plan your trip to what to pack ...

This year, the food world’s most prestigious guide added 70 new stars – 16 more than last year – with 15 Paris Michelin star restaurants alone. This year, the Guide has rewarded “locavorism” in particular, saying that a “double trend” has emerged: one that concentrates on the ...

What are the Best Easter Wine Pairings? There are a range of options for Easter wine pairings-so where do you start? You have enjoyed Easter dinners featuring the classic lamb and Bordeaux wine combination. This year, why not enjoy an Easter or late spring dinner featuring Burgundy wines?  You ...

An Essential Guide to the Best Drinks in Paris So often when we travel we try to find the off-the-beaten-path spots.  We want to find where the locals go so we can truly taste–and drink–the flavor of the locale we are visiting. Over the past few years, we have explored Paris to find ...

The Best Bordeaux Wine Tour: What Makes Our Tours Exclusive How do you have the best Bordeaux wine tour experience? With our Bordeaux wine tour options you see and taste what this amazing region has to offer through the lens of a Bordeaux insider. (Video Transcript) Hi, I’m Pascale Bernasse, ...

The Best French Wine and Comfort Food Pairings With Menus Most of us have favorite recipes we gravitate to during the chilly months of winter. Here are three examples of recipes for wine and comfort food pairings for cold weather dining. Remember, just because the dinner is modest, doesn’t mean ...

Best Paris Macarons: 4 Fantastic Spots to Try Paris is famous for many different pastries. Think of millefeuille, éclairs or the classic croissant. But one of its most popular desserts is doubtlessly the macaron. Paris macarons are deceptively simple little cookies that require a good deal of ...

Pascale Bernasse, President of French Wine Explorers, named Top Travel Specialist for wine tours in France by Condé Nast Traveler magazine for the fifth year in a row. Pascale Bernasse, President of French Wine Explorers, is honored with an enviable spot on the 2016 Condé Nast Top Travel ...

This video has suggestions for wine to buy for your Bordeaux wine cellar.  The Best Wines For Your Bordeaux Wine Cellar (Video Transcript) Hi, this is Pascale Bernasse with French Wine Explorers. Our company provides wine tours in France designed exclusively to help wine lovers become ...

Chef Interview: Pairing Wine and Cheese at La Vache Dans les Vignes One of our favorite ways to bring the flavors of French terroir (or sense of place) home is by pairing wine and cheese. This is also the goal of one of our favorite Parisian shops, La Vache dans les Vignes (the cow in […]

Best Paris Crêpes & Galettes: Where We Love to Eat Did you know that crêpes are a regional specialty? While commonly associated with France in general, crêpes actually hail from Brittany. They come in two forms: Savory crêpes–more often called galettes–are made out of buckwheat ...

Cote de Beaune Wines: Perfect for a Fall Picnic Summer is virtually a memory. Although not entirely a pleasant one for those who have experienced record heat. But after Labor Day, we look forward to–and have been enjoying–more temperate weather. And wines with more heft than we ...

Provence Vineyard Accommodations: Where to Stay, What to Do The center of Provence is well endowed with places to stay for wine lovers. There are little distractions from the beach or the historic cities of the Rhone. The Var bathes in the rustic splendor of vines, olive groves, walks and horse ...

Perfect Loire Valley Wine Pairings: A 5 Course Menu Loire Valley wine pairings are perfect during the summer.  Informal entertaining is the preference of many hosts. You want your guests to have a memorable occasion. But it is just not the season for breaking out the best china and serving ...

Our Wine Editor’s Picks: The Best Bordeaux Wines For Your Wine Cellar Would you like to have a Bordeaux wine cellar? There are several starting points for choosing the best Bordeaux wines for your cellar. First, stock your cellar with wines that you will enjoy. Don’t limit yourself to one ...

Paris Ice Cream: Where to Cool Down When the Heat is Up Paris is best known for its pastries. But in the summer months, Paris ice cream is king. Here are our three favorite places to find the best Paris ice cream or une créme glacèe. But first… a bit of vocab, with pronunciation guide. ...