While you are embarking on a tour with me, you are also going to plunge into a real French Culinary journey, as the best way to experience wine is with good food.

I specialize in very very good restaurants that are more accommodating to my necessities than the ones that Michelin celebrates. While Michelin starred restaurants are in the guide, It takes me a lot of research in the field to find the alternatives that will be able to deal with my standards, but I believe that in the end you will be really happy to dine in these less known but possibly more convivial restaurants, that take equal pride in what they serve.



GENERALITIES:

* If you have any food dietary or juste taste restrictions, please let me know before booking. I will encourage though about stepping out of your comfort zone, as traveling is about discovering other horizons, their cultures and food, and as has happened before, you may be thankful to discover unusual dishes, that could be at first unappealing to you, or that you though you would not like, but which in the right setting and the proper company find a place in your heart.

* Other than that, I fix the menus, typically ahead of time with the chefs or restaurant owners.

* I find important that everybody eat the same (save for dietary restrictions when manageable) as this provides a common experience that we may all discuss all tour long. It is one of the benefits of such a tour, that the others may add to the experience with their comments and analysis. This is especially true for instance about food and wine pairing. For these reason, as well as because a journey like the one you are going to embark in, is a perfect opportunity to explore, I suggest that you open your mind to foods that you otherwise would not consider, understanding that when I plan to serve a dish that could be "controversial" (oysters, andouille for instance) I always give a choice ahead of time.

* I also have to decide what we are all going to eat in order to pair the wines accordingly. In essence the tour is an ongoing wine dinner.

* Since I know in advance where we are going to eat and what we could eat there, I am choosing dishes also in function of what the restaurant where we eat may have that is exceptional or uncommon, as well as seeking a diversity in the dishes along the duration of the tour.

* I will bring the wines and/or ciders for all our meals everywhere we go, except at the Eiffel Tower for instance, when applicable. This is because we want to be able to taste the wines/ciders from the tour's producers as often and in as many different situations as possible. This means that I have to convince the restaurants that they are not going to sell us wine. This is the most challenging thing I do, but it helps that I speak their language, literally and figuratively.


At this point if you have any doubt or concern, you may certainly ask me any question you have. You may also want then to read this review, as I think it summarizes very well, what I try to accomplish and how somebody with slight concerns experienced it.




BREAKFAST:

* Breakfast is included everywhere in this tour, as explained in the itinerary's description.

* Please note that this tour has meals that are able to satisfy most people's appetite, and beyond actually.



LUNCH:

* All lunches are included in this tour, until Paris.



DINNER:

* Dinners are included every night of the tour.