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Lyon: Wine & Cheese Pairing with a Sommelier

Location Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
$51.19
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Overview

Guided by a sommelier from Lyon, you won't just taste, you'll actively learn. You'll start by discovering a tasting method that gives you the basics to analyze a wine properly. Then comes the heart of the workshop, food and wine pairing, where you'll try good and bad pairings alike to understand, in practice, why some combinations enhance the flavors while others overpower them.

The workshop progresses in stages, from goat's to cow's milk cheese, from young cheeses to long-aged ones, and finally to blue cheese. Along the way, you'll explore French terroirs, their grape varieties, soils and climates, explained without jargon, as well as the cheeses that make our region famous.

It all takes place in an authentic wine cellar in Croix-Rousse, for an immersion in gourmet Lyon without setting foot outside.
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Lyon: Wine & Cheese Pairing with a Sommelier
Wine pairing tasting workshop
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

  • Wine tasting
  • Guided by a professional sommelier
  • Bottled water
  • A selection of local artisan cheeses
  • Private transportation

Meeting point
Simply make your way to Cave Tabareau at the agreed time, at 11 Place Tabareau, 69004 Lyon.
Return details
Simply make your way to Cave Tabareau at the agreed time, at 11 Place Tabareau, 69004 Lyon.

Cave Tabareau, one of the most authentic wine cellars in Lyon, is the perfect setting for this interactive food and wine pairing workshop. Without leaving the cellar, you'll journey through the region's gastronomy and terroirs, glass by glass and cheese by cheese.

Far from a passive tasting, the workshop involves you at every step. Your sommelier will start by teaching you how to taste a wine properly, by looking at it, smelling it and then tasting it. Glass after glass, he'll introduce you to the grape varieties, estates, soils and climates of the vineyards around Lyon, in an accessible way and without jargon.

You'll then move on to pairings with local artisan cheeses. The workshop progresses in stages, from goat's to cow's milk cheese, from young cheeses to long-aged ones, and finally to blue cheese. At each stage, you'll taste good and bad pairings alike, so you can understand in practice why some combinations work and others don't.

You'll leave knowing how to taste a wine and how to choose the right one for a cheese, after an immersion in Lyon and its gastronomy without setting foot outside.

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers.
    If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met,
    you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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    Lyon: Wine & Cheese Pairing with a Sommelier

    Location Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
    $51.19
    This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after they redeem the gift voucher.
    How it works?
    01 — You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
    02 — We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
    03 — Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!

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