Le Défi du Sommelier: A Blind French Wine Tasting

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 From 6:00 PM To 7:30 PM Add to Calendar 2025-04-01 18:00:00 2025-04-01 19:30:00 Le Défi du Sommelier: A Blind French Wine Tasting Test your palate and explore the delicate floral and fruity notes of fine French wines in a blind tasting experience. The participant with the sharpest taste buds will take home a bottle of wine as a prize! French Library, 53 Marlborough Street, Boston, MA, United States America/New_York

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Spring is here, and what better way to celebrate than with a glass of exquisite French wine? Test your palate and explore the delicate floral and fruity notes of fine French wines in a blind tasting experience. This fun and interactive event will challenge you to identify aromas, flavors, and characteristics of carefully selected French wines.

Patrick Walsh, founder of Provence Wine import will guide us through different cépages with a selection of fine French wines that you will blind taste and guess their grapes, blend, regions and appellations.
Have fun guessing the wines and try to take a bottle home as a prize!

The wine will be paired with light, bite-sized food.

The general tasting is a standing event - this is not a sit-down seminar.

This event will be conducted in English.

Members

$60

Non Members

$75

About Patrick Walsh of Provence Wine Imports

Patrick Walsh, founder of Provence Wine Imports Inc. was raised and educated in the French way of life. Growing up in the winemaking region of Provence, wine culture, knowledge and consumption have been and continue to be part of his daily life in France. With a dual US-French citizenship, born in Boston, MA and having lived his youth in Aix-en-Provence, Patrick has the overview and benefits from the very way the American market functions but thinks it’s important to discover and preserve a French harmony through its flagship product and one of the pillars of its economy: wine.

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About the Boston French Community

The Boston French Community is a diverse network of Francophones and Francophiles dedicated to connecting, sharing experiences, and celebrating French culture in Boston. Open to all, it organizes regular social gatherings, cultural events, and networking opportunities, creating a welcoming space to enjoy and explore French heritage, language, and traditions.

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