Lyon: Wine & Cheese Pairing with a Sommelier

Cave Tabareau, one of the most authentic wine cellars in Lyon, is the perfect setting for this interactive food and wine pairing workshop. Without leaving the cellar, you'll journey through the region's gastronomy and terroirs, glass by glass and cheese by cheese.

Far from a passive tasting, the workshop involves you at every step. Your sommelier will start by teaching you how to taste a wine properly, by looking at it, smelling it and then tasting it. Glass after glass, he'll introduce you to the grape varieties, estates, soils and climates of the vineyards around Lyon, in an accessible way and without jargon.

You'll then move on to pairings with local artisan cheeses. The workshop progresses in stages, from goat's to cow's milk cheese, from young cheeses to long-aged ones, and finally to blue cheese. At each stage, you'll taste good and bad pairings alike, so you can understand in practice why some combinations work and others don't.

You'll leave knowing how to taste a wine and how to choose the right one for a cheese, after an immersion in Lyon and its gastronomy without setting foot outside.