Much of Paris is built from local chalky stone that was quarried from beneath the city and my next stop was the Chemin des Vignes. At 300 years old it was once used as a mushroom cellar and has been the home to the Legrand family's wine business for several generations. Wine is sold here to individuals and businesses or stored for future consumption.
Of course you don't visit a wine cellar without tasting and I managed to try four different wines. Starting with champagne and ending with a sweet Sauternes, each glass was accompanied by a different cheese with chocolate mousse at the end.
Very sensibly I paced myself, as dinner was by then only an hour or so away