Wine Bar entertainment in Paris
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Chai 33
The converted wine warehouses (chais in French) in Bercy Village house a variety of restaurants and bars, including this enormous wine-oriented concept space with a restaurant, lounge, tasting room and shop. Wine, both French and foreign, is divided into six colour-coded categories: purple is ‘fruity and intense’, green is ‘light and spirited’, yellow is ‘dry and soft’ etc. There’s decent food (menus €16 to €29) here, too, as well as two terraces.
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Le Café du Passage
This is the destination of choice for wine buffs, who relax in armchairs while sampling vintages from the excellent range on offer. The ‘Arcade Café’ has hundreds of wines available, including many by the glass (from €4.80). Whisky aficionados are also catered for and won’t be disappointed by the selection of single malts. It’s a warm, cosy place, and gourmet snacks and light meals (€7.50 to €18) are available.
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Tandem
If wine’s your love, make a beeline for this overwhelmingly old-fashioned bar à vins crammed with regulars. The lovechild of two brothers with a fierce oenological passion, Tandem homes in on ‘boutique’ (vins de proprietés) and organic wines as well as those produced by new vignerons (wine-makers). A traditional bistro menu complements the wine list.
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Le Baron Rouge
To our mind just about the ultimate Parisian wine bar experience, this place has a dozen barrels of the stuff stacked up against the bottle-lined walls and sells wine by the glass. As unpretentious as you’ll find, it’s a local meeting place where everyone is welcome and is especially busy on Sundays after the flea market at the Marché Couvert Beauvau wraps up.
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Bar à Vins du Cinéma des Cinéastes
This excellent wine bar is seldom filled to capacity, presumably because most people are downstairs, watching a film at the Cinéma des Cinéastes. The selection of wines by the glass, pichet (50cL) or bottle is excellent, there is a brief but well-considered menu and the first Sunday of each month hosts a music night starting at 6pm.
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Comptoir des Cannettes
In the biz since 1952, a faithful local following pours into this cellar, a stuffy, atmospheric tribute to downtrodden romanticism complete with red tablecloths, melting candles and nostalgic photos of musicians. The wine is cheap, the regulars incorrigible and on a good night the whole thing spills up the stairs and onto the street.
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Au Sauvignon
Grab a table in the evening sun or at a tightly packed table inside, overlooking the original zinc bar and painted ceiling celebrating French viticultural tradition. To savour the full flavour of this 1950s wine bar, order a plate of casse-croûtes au pain Poilâne – sandwiches made with the city’s most famous bread.
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La Cave de l'Os à Moelle
Warming the cockles with a vin chaud (mulled wine) and pain d’épice (honey spiced bread) around a wine-barrel-turned-table on the pavement outside this cosy wine bar is a real winter delight. The lunchtime formule à buffet (€22.50) is excellent value.
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La Tartine
A wine bar where little has changed since the days of gas lighting (some of the fixtures are still in place), this place offers 15 selected reds, whites and rosés by the pot (46cL). There’s not much to eat except lots of tartines (open-faced sandwiches).
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Le Bistrot du Peintre
This lovely belle-époque address with its 1902 art nouveau bar, elegant terrace and spot-on service, is on our aperitif A-list – and that of local artists, bobos (bourgeois bohemians) and local celebs too.
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Au Limonaire
This little wine bar is one of the best places to listen to traditional French chansons and local singer-songwriters. Reservations are recommended.
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