Curated Tasting and 5 Course Dinner By French Sommelière Alexandra Charpentier of Winemak'Her Bar

At La Voile Brookline

Start early on your celebrations! Holidays are coming and what is better than treating yourself and your beloved one to delicious French wine and food? For our last tasting of the year we offer you a traditional French holiday meal and wine pairing from the appetizer to the dessert!

This 5 course dinner and tasting will be led by sommelière Alexandra Charpentier of Winemak'Her Bar, who has carefully selected 6 wines for your enjoyment. The food menu was created by La Voile’s chef based on Alexandra’s wines to make the perfect pairing. Alexandra will be pleased to answer any questions.

Want to prolong the tasting and bring bottles at home? Wines will be available for purchase at the end of the event.

Registrations end on Sunday, December 5th at 10pm

Wine Menu:

Gewurztraminer 2019 / Pierre Spaar
Muscadet 2019 / Château de la Noë
Saint Chinian 2019 / Domaine La Croix d’Aline
Médoc 2016 / Château Laujac
Bourgogne 2019 / Domaine R. Dubois & fils
Blanquette de Limoux 2017 / Domaine Antech

Food Menu*:

Terrine de foie gras, marmelade de saison
Nage d'huîtres locales au champagne
Magret de canard, purée de fruits rouges, gratin dauphinois
Fromage Brie truffé
Millefeuille vanille

*You can choose a vegetarian option when you register for this event.

All participants will be seated at a table of 2, 4, or 6 throughout the event. We’ll ask you a few questions as you register to best seat you. The idea is to enjoy sharing French culture in person while helping you maintain your level of comfort! While we are taking every precaution to make this interaction as safe for our community as possible, we ask that users assess their own risk before engaging in this activity.

Please note that if you register for a table of 2, 4 or 6 you will be sitting with and only with the group you created. If you wish to meet and be seated with others as well, please choose our individual registration option and answer the questions that follow.

Face coverings are required when you are not drinking or eating.

All guests must bring proof of their vaccination OR a negative COVID test result received within 72 hours prior to the event on Tuesday, 2nd. Our cultural manager will check them at the restaurant entrance.

Individual

$75/$90

Table for 2

$150/$180

Table for 4

$300/$360

Table for 6

$450/$540

About Alexandra Charpentier

Alexandra came to France from Avignon to create a wine bar in Brooklyn. She brought her whole family to live the American dream. She created the bar in the middle of the pandemic in April 2020, but thanks to the generosity of her neighborhood, she has celebrated her first year, and is now full of projects.

About Winemak'Her Bar

Winemak’her is a wine bistro in Brooklyn Park Slope, offering women winemaker wine from France and other countries of origin, and featuring an indoor pétanque (French popular ball sport) track. They offer wine, beer, sweet wine, cocktails as well as French aperitif alcohols such as pastis and small plates with organic and local food, to share.

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