Winestub is the name for a wine bar in the régions of Alsace and Lorraine.
A wine shop is a Magasine de Vins or a Cave du
Vin
A Bar a Vins.
Winestub is the name for a wine bar in the régions of Alsace and Lorraine.
A wine shop is a Magasine de Vins or a Cave du
Vin
French wine bars have different formats
for offering the wines they sell, and they work hard to earn and keep, their
reputations. Hotels’ concierges and
guide books may point out wine bars that specialize in offering wines from
specific areas as well as those which are, in reality, small restaurants. Certain wine bars offer weekly or monthly
targeted changes in their offered wine along with local favorites. Among the many wine bars, you will find those
that are well known for the food they serve, even when the menu is limited, and
of course, there a some who in all respects are full-service restaurants. Wine
bars accept bookings, and for the most popular, you may need a reservation a
day or two ahead.
Wine bar offerings.
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Over the last few years, more and more
wine bars are emphasizing their food offerings, and they are close to or are
restaurants calling themselves a cave à manger.
Whatever they call themselves, even when the menu is limited, the food
served in wine bars is generally excellent. The price you will pay for food in
a wine bar is often a significant discount on similar dishes at a restaurant.
Certain wine bars developed from a Cave du Vin, wine shops, and their choice of
wines can be very broad.
Wine Bar in Paris.
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Wine bars offer the opportunity to
experience a selection of wines, but, they are not usually the cheapest places
to buy a whole bottle. Despite that caveat, wine bars are definitely the place
to try a wine or wines before buying. When
visiting a wine bar, try a glass of two or three of that bar’s recommended
wines; note the year and other relevant details, and you may discover a
fascinating new wine to take home. That tasting in a wine bar may also save you
from buying a whole bottle or possibly a case of a wine you do not like.
A Bar à Cidre or Bar à Sidre
A bar specializing in cider.
Sidre or Cider - Cider
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In Normandie, cider bars will offer a
variety of different apple ciders, pear ciders, and Pommeaus, apple-based
aperitifs, along with their Calvados AOC
apple brandies. In Bretagne, Brittany,
cider bars offer their local ciders as well as their own Pommeau de
Bretagne AOC and their apple brandy called Lambig. Elsewhere cider bars offer local ciders and
apple brandies. In the Basque country, cider bars are called siderias. For more
on the superb French ciders, see my post: Cidre - Cider
in France. France's Fabulous Ciders, Sparkling Ciders and Basque Cider.
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