FOOD FESTIVALS
Each fall, Paris hosts a roster of
irresistible events around food and
wine. This city is the world epicenter of
chocolate, and the Salon du Chocolat
(October 28–November 1) presents and
awards the world’s greatest chocolatiers.
The yearly Fêtes des Vendanges de
Montmartre (November 7–11), a fiveday blowout party celebrating the
grape harvest at Paris’s last producing
vineyards on the heights of Montmartre,
features music, dancing, children’s
events, beekeeping and winemaking
classes, fireworks, tastings and the
introduction of the 2014 cuvee. And
then, for four glorious days, wine lovers
can taste to their hearts content the
great appellations from every corner
of France, including bio and natural
wines, at the Paris edition of the Salon
des Vins des Vignerons Indépendents
(November 26–30). A small admission
price gets you a tasting glass and free
reign of more than 325 winemakers,
plus plenty of French regional delicacies
for a delicious lunch or dinner break.
A NOTABLE NEW BOUTIQUE
Indulge your inner shoe fetishist at
Paris’s chicest department store. Le
Bon Marché’s new L’Espace Souliers, a
designer-shoe salon, is the latest mecca
for the very best in women’s French and
European shoe design. The soaring, skylit
space assembles hundreds of shoes,
including pairs that are personalized
and made-to-measure.
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