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Paris Insights Monthly Newsletter – The Man Who Put Paris in a Bottle

Saturday, December 1st, 2012
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Francis Gourdin, Oenologist

Francis Gourdin, Oenologist
Photograph by www.DiscoverParis.net

When oenologist Francis Gourdin began working for the city of Paris, his mission was to improve the quality of the wine produced in a vineyard that lies on the slope of Montmartre. It was once a plonk that “made the Japanese tourists wince,” but today, he can proudly affirm that it is a “true red wine.” Mission accomplished! Read his story in this month’s Paris Insights newsletter.

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Paris Insights Monthly Newsletter — Adieu Paris, We Hardly Knew Ye

Thursday, November 1st, 2012
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SOS Paris

From left to right: Jan Wyers, Secretary General of SOS Paris; Monique Amy, Representative of the 16th Arrondissement; Christine Nedelec, Vice-Secretary General; Monique Dior, Editor of SOS Paris Newsletter

SOS Paris is an association founded in 1973 for the purpose of defending the city’s architectural heritage. In October, I had the opportunity to meet with four members of the group to learn what can be done to safeguard the beauty of the city that is falling prey to politicians and developers who seem not to care about preserving its historic character. Read my account in this month’s Paris Insights.

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Paris Insights Monthly Newsletter — A New Bed and Breakfast Opens near Paris

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
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Villa La Riante

Villa La Riante
Photograph by Kealan Benjamin Wardle

To prepare this month’s Paris Insights newsletter we went to the charming town of Le Vésinet where we met an American couple, Jim and Kristie Worrel. They recently opened a bed and breakfast in a beautiful villa that they spent five years renovating.

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Meet Jacky Ribault, Chef and Proprietor of Qui Plume la Lune

Wednesday, September 12th, 2012
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Chef Jacky Ribault

Chef Jacky Ribault
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Dining at Qui Plume la Lune, a restaurant located in the 11th arrondissement, is a unique experience—even an adventure! Read about chef and proprietor Jacky Ribaul this month’s Paris Insights newsletter.

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Meet José Maréchal, Chef and Proprietor of Café Noir

Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
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Chef José Maréchal

José Maréchal, Chef and Proprietor of Café Noir
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Last month we dined at Café Noir, a restaurant that stands at the intersection of two cobblestone streets in the 20th arrondissement of Paris. Read our review of the restaurant and meet chef and proprietor José Maréchal this month’s Paris Insights newsletter.

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Our Intrepid Reporter Steps Ashore

Wednesday, August 15th, 2012
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Emerging onto Dry Land

Emerging onto Dry Land
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We recently learned that a barge makes bimonthly trips to Paris to sell wine that is produced around L’Yonne, a French administrative département that lies to the southeast of the city. Heedless of the dangers of sipping wine on a rocking boat, our intrepid reporter visited the barge to taste six different wines. Emerging unscathed from the experience, he wrote an article about how it is now possible to purchase wine from this vessel when it docks along the canal in the City of Light. Read about this unique dockside wine cellar in this month’s Paris Insights, our monthly newsletter.

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Memorial to Django Reinhardt

Saturday, August 11th, 2012
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Memorial to Django Reinhardt

Memorial to Django Reinhardt
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This column, called a Morris column, stands at place Django Reinhardt in the 18th arrondissement. Bearing the name of this famous jazz guitarist, the column and the place were inaugurated on January 21, 2010 in his memory.

In the July edition of our Paris Insights newsletter, I wrote about Reinhardt and the café in the adjoining town of Saint-Ouen that is dedicated to the type of music that he played.

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Biodynamic Wine – A Step Beyond

Sunday, August 5th, 2012
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Guillaume Bodin, Filmmaker

Guillaume Bodin, Filmmaker
Photograph courtesy of Guillaume Bodin

Young French filmmaker Guillaume Bodin has produced a video on the world of biodynamic wine. Entitled La Clef des Terroirs, the film is scheduled to be released on DVD for North American audiences at the end of the year under the title Wine: The Green Revolution. Read about Bodin’s passion for this wine and about the biodynamic wine movement in France in this month’s Paris Insights.

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Meet Bertrand Guillemain, Chef and Proprietor of Le Vin Sobre

Wednesday, July 18th, 2012
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Bertrand Guillemain

Bertrand Guillemain, Chef and Proprietor of
Le Vin Sobre
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Last month we dined at Le Vin Sobre, a neighborhood restaurant that has been open since 2003. We talked with chef and owner Bertrand Guillemain, who got started in cuisine at a very young age. Read about the restaurant and the chef in this month’s Paris Insights.

Our review is the only one on the Internet that features a review of the restaurant as well as interesting details about the chef and his passion for his work.

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We’re the First to Review La Grosse Mignonne

Wednesday, June 20th, 2012
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Xavier Chocq, Chef and Claire Bouchilloux, Proprietor

Xavier Chocq, Chef
Claire Bouchilloux, Proprietor
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Last month we took the metro to the nearby town of Montreuil where we dined at a restaurant called La Grosse Mignonne. As well as enjoying a great meal, we also had the pleasure of listening to an entertainer named Vilna sing a medley of Brazilian songs. Every Saturday evening there is a music concert featuring jazz or world music.

On Friday and Saturday evenings during the month of March, La Grosse Mignonne holds jazz manouche (gypsy jazz) concerts under the sponsorship of David Reinhardt, the grandson of the famous Django Reinhardt. Some of the top performers in this musical genre come to the restaurant to play!

Read about the restaurant in this month’s Paris Insights. Our review is the only full-length review of La Grosse Mignonne that you will find on the Internet.

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