Clos Montmartre – Paris in Your Glass – Paris, France

EXPERIENCE:

The most celebrated of Paris’ intra-muros vineyards, the Clos Montmartre epitomises ‘the old Paris’ and contributes greatly to giving one the impression that they are far away from the madding crowds of the city. This sense of being in the countryside with well-tended vines covering the gentle slope of the ‘clos’ encourages a certain nostalgia for the old Montmartre, glimpses of which are still very much present today.

The walk recounts the wine history of Montmartre and the Abbey de Montmartre, and includes anecdotes about the artistic, literary, and cultural history of the village.

There is a fine view of the Clos Montmartre vineyard from the parapet in the garden of the Musée de Montmartre and it is here, overlooking the vineyard, that we will recount its history.

Following the visit of the vineyard from the museum gardens, it is a short walk to our wine tasting on the Place du Tertre, the heartbeat of the Montmartre village. The wine tasting includes the very rare wine of the Clos Montmartre and 2 additional wines – a white and a red – which will be tasted blind so that the participants can guess what grape(s) they are tasting and from which region the wine comes. The wine tasting will be accompanied by shared plates of cheeses and rustic fermented bread.

The tour begins in front of the Eglise Saint Pierre at 2 rue du Mont Cenis, 75018 Paris, and ends at the Place du Tertre. It lasts about 3 hours.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:

Taste the extremely rare wine of the Clos Montmartre along with 2 other wines.
Discover the agricultural wine history of this historic quarter
Explore the cultural and artistic life of bohemian Montmartre
Visit the gardens of the Musée Montmartre and discover the Clos Montmartre

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