FCC Travel Club: Holiday Edition!

At La Voile Brookline

Alsace, especially the city of Strasbourg, is known for its festive holiday markets. For the next edition of travel club, we're going to explore this region with a lecture, wine tasting, and food tasting! Don't miss this special in-person, multi-faceted event.

We'll start the evening with travel director Véronique Banzet taking us on a tour of Alsace and the holiday markets with a special presentation of the region. Then, Chelsea Bell of Gordon's Wines will lead us in a wine tasting of beverages from the region. Throughout the night you will enjoy Alsatian-inspired bites from our hosts at La Voile and have the opportunity to win a very special prize package including a membership to the FCC, a gift certificate to Gordon's Wines, and $50 to La Voile! It's a perfect way to spend the holidays with your fellow members!

Our mini- dîner:

Tarte aux onion flambée
Quiche Lorraine
Choucroute, au saucisson à l'ail version La Voile (La Voile's own garlic and saucisson sauerkraut)
Pain d'épice (gingerbread)

Plus three glasses of Alsatian wine:

(NV) Meyer-Fonné, Crémant d'Alsace Brut Extra (Pinot Auxerrois, Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, and Pinot Noir)
2018 Domaine Zind-Humbrecht Alsace Riesling
2016 Trimbach, Alsace Pinot Noir Réserve Personnelle

Event in English and French. Registration ends November 26 at 11 pm. This event includes open seating.

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.

Want to attend but not a member yet? Sign up today. And don't forget to join our Travel Club facebook group!

For members + 1 guest per member

$45/person

About this Event

At Travel Club you’ll meet people who love to travel like you do. You’ll share your travel experiences and discoveries. You'll trade tips on how to get there, where to stay, what to do, and more. Best of all, you’ll meet and make friends with people who share your passion for traveling to France and other Francophone places. The Travel Club is open to members of the French Library + 1 guest.

Bringing a guest? Great! Please help us plan and register for "2." Want to attend but not a member yet? Sign up here! Please note that you must register for each instance of the Travel Club separately.

About Our Presenters

About Véronique Banzet

Véronique is a French native and worldwide citizen. She has been living in different countries for 30 years. In 2010, she founded VeronicTravel as a voyage designer creating customized travel all around the world to discover the authenticity of local communities in France & world- wide. She works today either from Westchester County in NY State or from the South-West of France, in Arcachon when she is not on the road. France is her country. She was born in Deauville (Normandy), raised in Bordeaux, lived in Paris, Normandy, and Alsace. It is a pleasure for her to welcome you in France and share with you her local addresses and contacts.

Her team is made of travel professionals & local experts to provide vacations designed for you because your holidays are unique. They offer various destinations worldwide and organize the entire journey by creating a real dialogue to understand your preferences and compose a customized voyage just for you.

Whether you want to celebrate an anniversary with your family or organize a group for leisure VeronicTravel arranges each detail of your vacation with a personal touch that you will not find on the web. Let us handle the details. VeronicTravel crafts with passion and expertise your next personalized itinerary through authentic discoveries and by meeting locals so that you can enjoy a vacation forever engraved in your memories.

To contact Véronique: vero@veronictravel.com

About Chelsea Bell

A Certified Sommelière, Chelsea has almost a decade of experience hosting and organizing Fine Wine events of all sorts and sizes. Her signature approach to teaching wine combines unbridled enthusiasm and effortless hospitality with vinous expertise. Chelsea has traveled to many of the world’s top wine destinations including Italy, France, and California and always continues her thirst for new knowledge. While working with Gordon’s, she has developed walkaround tastings for hundreds of Massachusetts beverage enthusiasts, corporate events, seminars, dinners, and even a monthly wine club, CruBox with the goal in mind of making wine fun for the novice and the expert alike!

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