Buy bottle. Open it. Find clean glass—if you want. Pour it. Drink it.
Wine, pastis, beer, or that mysterious bottle your grandmother aged in an oak barrel behind the barn… drinking in France is an experience, not a transaction. This tag explores what it really means to drink like the French—slowly, socially, and with full-bodied joy.
Drinking like the French means never rushing the first glass, always refilling your friend’s before your own, and eating something salty before you say something silly.
On my recent trip back to London, I had an unsettling realisation: I’m officially more Parisian than British. The pubs, the ales, even the accents—they felt both familiar and foreign at once. Yet, living in Paris, I still crave a proper British pub—the kind where you stand at the bar shouting at football matches, nursing … Read more
Let’s get one thing straight: France might be the land of wine, but Paris? Paris is a damn good beer city if you know where to look. Forget the mass-market blondes in bistros and that sad pint of Kronenbourg at the corner tabac. We’re talking about hunting down the best craft beer in Paris, proper … Read more