Les Explorateurs de Vins  ®, a French non-profit organization, facilitates the discovery, understanding and appreciation of fine wine and other gastronomical products in the spirit of conviviality and good humor.

We offer you numerous opportunities to learn about French wine and wine tasting through tours of the French wine country,  wine tasting classes, organized wine tastings and wine cellar advice.  Contact us for wine expertise, advice and information on everything to do with wine and gastronomy.  

All of our services are available in ENGLISH

Wine Tasting Classes & Workshops

We offer two kinds of wine tasting classes:

In your home or office: for a  group of friends or colleagues, we can give a series of classes over several weeks or a 3-hour workshop on one day,  For beginners, an Introduction to Wine Tasting is ideal; for more experienced wine tasters, classes on the French wine-growing regions or on winemaking techniques are available; At a location in central Paris - at a restaurant in the 11th arrondisement.

Wine Tasting Tours of France

There's no better way to learn about wine than to see where it's made and talk with the winemakers.  We will take you to the best wineries in France, and translate so you can speak directly with the winemakers.  From the wine novice to the most experienced connoisseur, for couples or groups, we can design a wine tasting tour that will be fun, informative, and memorable.  We offer two tour options:

• One-Day Wine Tasting Excursion from Paris: to Chablis, Sancerre, the Loire Valley, Burgundy or Champagne;

• Longer Wine Tasting Tours: 2 or more days in any of the wine regions (or combination of regions)

Wine Tastings in Your Home or Office, or For Receptions

We can arrange tastings of any kind; vertical, horizontal, by year, by producer, by region, etc.  How about a wine tasting coupled with a tasting of French cheeses?  Or a wine tasting paired with a tasting of Foies Gras, or Charcuterie?  These options are also available.

Personal or Corporate Wine Cellar Creation or Buying Advice

Want to start a wine cellar?  We can help you, from finding the right materials to create a space adapted to storing and aging wine, to deciding which wines to buy.  If you already have a wine cellar, we can offer advice on which wines to buy, which age well, best buys, etc.  

Looking for an Old Wine?  A Prestigious, Difficult-to-Find Wine ? Let us know - we will use our numerous contacts in the French wine business to find the wine you desire.

Who are Les Explorateurs de Vins (The French Wine Explorers)?

Jean-Pierre Sollin, President, Sommelier-Conseil : two-time finalist in the French National Wine Tasting Championships, sponsored by the Revue des Vins de France (1998 & 1999), member of the Echansonnerie des Papes of Chateauneuf-du-Pape, wine instructor at the French Senate.

Lauriann Greene-Sollin, Sommelier-Conseil.  Lauriann is an experienced wine tasting instructor and wine tour leader, and a native English speaker.  She regularly leads wine tastings in Paris for major American and British corporations.