Michel

The Wine Expert

  • I live in Paris
  • I speak English, Français
  • Verified Local host
  • Response time less than 19 hours

Hi there! Nice to meet you

I can walk for kilometers around the capital for food stalls, cheese shops, hidden gems of the French savoir-vivre... want to walk around with me?

I run an agency that exports French wines to Asia, but when i'm not travelling to another part of the world or visiting wineries around France to taste wines, I like to spend time in Paris, go to the food market to fix dinner for my family and friends and talke my young children with me to share with them the little secrets of the city.

  • I live in Paris
  • I speak English, Français
  • Verified Local host
  • Response time less than 19 hours

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Reviews

Jennifer
17 December 2024
Highly recommend this tour with Michel to experience the Champagne region. He is a knowledgeable tour guide - we learned so much during our day together! Loved the experience of trying champagne from two unique wineries. Truly one of our trip highlights! Amazing experience!
Mitch
10 October 2024
Michel is a very knowledgeable tour guide. We thoroughly enjoyed the entire day!Excellent Tour
Kelly
18 September 2024
Michel was a terrific, knowledgeable , and a fun guide. We were two couples that spent the day in the Champagne region with Michel! He took us to a vineyard, commercial winery and a boutique winery. It really was amazing! He even included a “special” lunch for us. I highly recommend this tour and Michel. A Day in Champagne
Melissa
16 May 2024
We are so thankful for Michel. Our previous booked tour through Viator was cancelled so I had to find a new tour at the last minute. We didn't want to typical museum type tour, we wanted a custom, show me the landmarks tour. And add in some wine! We visited Chenonceau Castle, took our photos, then went to a charming village for lunch. After that it was wine tasting time at Domaine Merieau winery. Yummy affordable wines. I may have bought a few bottles. We weren't super needed, but Michel took great care of us! Great guide made the trip fabulous
Chris
23 April 2024
Michel, was a fantastic guide. This was one of the highlights of our two week trip. He is passionate about wine, Champagne and France in general. He is full of history regarding many topics. We were able to visit a couple of small producers as well as a mega producer with amazing caves. Michel is very accommodating. If there is a specific house you want to visit, make sure you let him know. On top of everything, he helped select a few great local wines for us to take with us. He worked with a local wine shop and had everything ready for us to swing by, purchase and be on our way. He also recommended a great restaurant that was one of our highlights. We accidentally left a passport at the restaurant and Michel took it upon himself to help track us down which avoided a catastrophe. I’m a raving fan….!!!Amazing day
Stan
2 May 2023
We had a great wine tasting experience with Michel. He helped better learn about what wines are from which regions. We tasted some really great wines and had some good food with the tastings. Michel is very knowledgeable. We had gone on a tour with him to the Champagne region a few years ago, so we knew this one would be another great tour. Stan & HollyA great experience
Wei
10 January 2023
Michel picked us up from our apartment in the center for Paris. We toured 2 small champagne houses (per our request). We were able to learn the champagn making process from the wine makers themselves. Michel was very knowledgeable and engaging. The cherry on top was a very well thought out lunch. Overall, it’s experience that I’ll remember fondly for years to come. A fun, informative, and unique experience
Mark
11 October 2022
I thoroughly enjoyed the wineries that Michel took me to back in May. I had a unique request that he pick me up in the Loire Valley and end the tour in Paris (instead of starting and ending in Paris) to which he gracefully complied. The wineries were very nice and his insight into the wines was a great addition. Several points are lost due to his lack of following through with his promise to ship wines. At the end of the tour I left eight bottles with him and a list of ten more from the wineries that we'd visited. He said these would be shipped within 4-6 weeks. This was in the first week of May. By late June, after asking for updates a few times, he said that he had the wines and that he'd send them out shortly. They never arrived. On Aug 1 I asked again and he said he'd send them after the heat wave. Now it is the second week of October and I don't have my wines. He still has the eight bottles that I purchased (about €80). I'm tired of chasing after him to do what he said he'd do. The wines I planned on sharing with my family talking about the tour will never arrive. So, if you do decide to do this tour (which is on the higher end of tour prices), you'll experience several nice small wineries with good insight from a knowledgeable guide. Just make sure to purchase all the bottles you want and ship them yourself. 9/10 for the tour, 1/10 for wine shipment
Jeanne
4 October 2022
Michel picked us up at our hotel and we were off the see Champagne. We had some great lessons on the terrain and a lovely albeit foggy at times drive from Paris to the Champagne region. Michel was good about switching plans as it was very foggy in areas that he wanted to share with us. We went to Bonnet-Ponson and had a great tour and tasting of that facility. Then off to lunch, which was a lengthy event (but delicious). Our last stop was in Reims where we went through the very fascinating caves of Pommery. Lots of time in the car and in Paris traffic but all in all a worthy experience.Great day in Champagne
Brandon
28 August 2022
We were excited to hire a local to take us to Champagne. Michael had a 5 star rating, which seemed quite promising. We found ourselves very disappointed in the experience. To start Michal indicated that we would be picked up in a luxury vehicle with all the comforts. He showed up is a Mazda that had very little room in the back and was not clean. I’m about 6’4” and had a difficult time fitting in the back. We asked if we could stop and grab a croissant and coffee. He showed up with some sweet pastries and we didn’t get coffee for a while. Once we got to champagne his first stop was to pullover in the road and grab a bottle of champagne and some cheese. Champagne was ok but there was little to no thought into this moment. From there he drove like a bat out of hell with the windows down until I got motion sick from his jerky driving. I had to move up front. He took us to a small winery. He kept mentioning that he wanted to add them to his portfolio. The owners were very nice but not prepared for our arrival. They seemed surprised. The tasting was basic and we were tasting wine from a previous tasting they did that had lost most of their bubbles by that point. It was very lack luster. We bought a few bottles to be polite and moved on. Michael then packed his car with a private purchase he made for his wine company. We moved on. I was expecting to try and few more wineries but then we went to lunch and I was told that was it. We did see a large church that was interesting, and then went to the Pommery, a request I had to make. It was more of a art exhibit than a wine tasting. For the price we paid I was expecting to taste a few more places. Very disappointing and I would not recommend this tour. It felt like we were passengers to ride with him to pick up wine at this winery he was adding to his portfolio. Save your money. Also, don’t do in August.Not what we expected

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