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Over the last (almost) 13 years I've covered a lot of topics here on Chez Loulou, and the one that I still love to talk about and am most passionate about is   French cheese. But lately cheese has been getting some competition. My project to taste  all the cheese  slowly progresses and I continually nerd out with books like  The Oxford Companion to Cheese  and  Mastering Cheese . I always want to learn more, read more and  eat  more cheese. Also, for the last few years I've had the incredible opportunity to offer a French  cheese tasting  workshop with  Paris by Mouth . It is the highlight of my week and the most fun I ever imagined a job could be. French cheese will always be my greatest love, but now I've fallen for something else. I'm having a little fling with French wine. (shhh....don't tell cheese) Over the summer I enrolled in an intense, online French Wine Scholar certification program and I honestly had no idea wha...

Take a class. Thierry Givone owns  Wine Tasting in Paris , a charming tasting space in the Latin Quarter. I'm a big fan of this guy! He helped me arrange a private Champagne tasting for my family last year, which they absolutely loved. They came away feeling like experts and happily continue applying their Champagne knowledge today. Head to the Seine. Paris boasts 65 open-air markets and 13 covered markets, so assembling a picnic is a snap. Then head to your local caviste or hit the grocery store for a bottle or two. Just don't forget the corkscrew! Go to a tasting. Most Saturdays you can meet the winemakers while tasting their wine at one of the best wine shops in the city,  La Dernière Goutte . Additionally, its owner, Juan Sanchez, offers a fundamentals of French wine class called Elements , which I'm taking next week. You can never have too much wine knowledge! At the café.  They might not serve the best wine that France has to offer, but the people watching will mo...