Thursday, November 12, 2026 From 5:30 PM To 7:00 PM Add to Calendar 2026-11-12 17:30:00 2026-11-12 19:00:00 Books & Bottles Wine Seminar: The Food and Wines of France An elegant wine education series exploring France’s most important regions through the lens of culture, tradition, and taste. Each class embraces a region and incorporates a book as a narrative guide - framing the wines, places, and people that shaped France’s enduring wine culture. Across the series, we’ll move through key French regions in a cohesive tasting journey, offering both seasoned enthusiasts and curious newcomers a deeper, more intuitive understanding of French wine, guided by storytelling, expert insight, and shared conversation. French Library, 53 Marlborough Street, Boston, MA America/New_York
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About Cat Silirie
Cat Silirie has won the National James Beard Award for Excellence for outstanding wine programs. Cat has also served as the Executive Wine Director at Boston restaurants including Menton, No.9 Park, Sportello, The Butcher Shop, B&G Oysters, Drink, Stir, Rocco's, The Harvest, Galleria Italiana and Grill 23.
In addition to her James Beard Best Wine Program award, Cat is the recipient of numerous accolades, including multiple times for Boston Magazine's Best of Boston awards for both Best Sommelier and Best Wine Programs. Other accolades for her work include Wine Enthusiast Magazine's Menton in "Top-100 Wine Restaurants", for "Best Wine Bar” via Improper Bostonian for her wine program at Boston's The Butcher Shop. The Boston Globe’s Devra First has described Cat Silirie's food and wine pairings during her tenure at Menton as “transcendent with every course” and Kay Rentschler of the New York Times wrote of Cat as “Boston’s pre-eminent sommelier”.About the Book: My Life in France
Julia Child's My Life in France chronicles her transformative move to Paris in 1948, where she fell in love with French cuisine and culture. She documents her journey from an unskilled cook to a culinary icon.
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