L\u2019Ecluse restaurant, near the Madeleine in Paris<\/em><\/p>\n We at Power Tasting are not in the business of restaurant reviews, so we will only note that you can get a meal at L\u2019Ecluse from a limited menu long on Bordelais cuisine, especially sausages and pat\u00e9s.\u00a0 In nice weather, you can sit outside, which is generally a pleasure anywhere in Paris and particularly so in the better neighborhoods.\u00a0 All the L\u2019Ecluse restaurants are in better neighborhoods.<\/p>\n The reason for avid wine tasters to go to these restaurants is the wine.\u00a0 If you love Bordeaux wines (and which wine lover does not?) this is your chance for sampling a wide variety of wines from that region while still in Paris.\u00a0 What part of Bordeaux do you like the best?\u00a0 Margaux?\u00a0 Got it?\u00a0 Paulliac? Got it.\u00a0 St. Emilion? Got it.\u00a0 Get it?<\/p>\n Perhaps the most fun is to try wines from sectors you\u2019re not as familiar with, such as Lalande Pomerol or Listrac.\u00a0 The good news, especially if you\u2019re visiting as a couple, is to try a few things previously unknown to you and then follow them up with your favorites.\u00a0 We noticed something interesting: we each ordered wines we particularly liked, shared sips and found that we liked what the other had chosen better.\u00a0 Isn\u2019t that what wine tasting is all about?<\/p>\n Not sure what to order? \u00a0You\u2019ll find the manager (more so than the wait staff) very knowledgeable and willing to listen to you (in English or French), find out your tastes and try to match them.<\/p>\n As stated, we don\u2019t do restaurant reviews.\u00a0 But here\u2019s a tip.\u00a0 If you do visit L\u2019Ecluse and if you do have a meal, finish it off with the chocolate ganache and ask for advice on the best Sauternes to go with it.\u00a0 Believe us, you\u2019ll remember the experience.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Let\u2019s suppose that you are in Paris, perhaps on business.\u00a0 You have no time to leave the city, so even though you\u2019re in France, you will have no opportunity to go wine tasting.\u00a0 You have that old \u201cso near but so far feeling\u201d.\u00a0 Fear not, redemption is at hand. We\u2019d like to point out to … Continue reading L\u2019Ecluse<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":391,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388\/revisions\/391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"img_3596\"](\"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_3596-300x200.jpg\")
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