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Drink. Sense.
Understand.

An evening in the vaulted cellars of Lyon's 7th: blind tasting, sensory challenges and zero jargon. Led by women, for women and their friends.

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Light & Fruity Reds

Times, price and remaining spots are on the ticketing page.

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1st, 3rd & 4th Thursdays Lyon 7e, 3 rue Passet Small group Limited spots Price varies by selection
Three participants engaged at a Wine Break evening at Le Petit Musée du Vin

What is it?

Wine without
the jargon.

The relaxed get-together where you discover wine through instinct. Mystery tasting, sensory challenges and nibbles in a thoroughly laid-back atmosphere.

Zero jargon, 100% pleasure.

  • A full tasting
  • A final glass of your favourite wine of the night
  • Your engraved souvenir glass
  • Short format: 2h max

The rhythm

1st, 3rd & 4th
Thursdays.

Three Wine Breaks a month, three themes that share nothing but the mood. On the 2nd Thursday the cellar switches format: that evening is the Introduction to Wine Tasting, not a Wine Break. Nobody turns up for nothing.

  1. 1st Thursday Can & Sparkling Wine Break
  2. 2nd Thursday Introduction to Wine Tasting No Wine Break
  3. 3rd Thursday White & Sweet Wine Break
  4. 4th Thursday Light & Fruity Reds Wine Break

Some months have a fifth Thursday: there is no session that week. The next one is the 1st Thursday of the following month.

Exact dates, times and availability are all on the ticketing page.

Coming up next

  1. Light & Fruity Reds
  2. Can & Sparkling
  3. White & Sweet

The themes

Three evenings.
Three playgrounds.

Blind tasting: blindfolded participants and a wine can on the table of the vaulted cellar 1st Thursday

Can & Sparkling

Your senses are put to the test from the very first glass. Can you tell whether the wine you are drinking came out of a can or out of a bottle? A genuinely surprising experience that invites you to drop your assumptions and trust nothing but your own perception. The evening carries on around a Crémant, explored from several different angles, before we take a more festive turn with a cocktail created for the occasion. Between blind tasting, conversation and tasty discoveries, this Wine Break shows that the pleasure of wine can rhyme with creativity and simplicity too.

Glass of sweet white wine surrounded by aroma vials and black blind-tasting glasses in the vaulted cellar 3rd Thursday

White & Sweet

Set off to discover sweet white wines through a playful tasting where the senses take over. Between exploring aromas with a scent game, discovering the different textures on the palate and pairing food with wine, you will learn to recognise what you like without needing any wine vocabulary. A tasty, friendly and surprising experience, guided by nothing but your own sensations.

Three glasses of Beaujolais red by candlelight, with aroma vials and a food pairing board 4th Thursday

Light & Fruity Reds

Discover how a single grape variety can tell completely different stories depending on where it is grown. Through three Beaujolais appellations made from Gamay, you will explore the influence of terroir on the aromas, the structure and the personality of the wine. With food and wine pairings, sensory challenges and games built around aromas, you will learn to pick up those nuances by yourself, simply by trusting your senses. A friendly tasting to travel through the terroirs of Beaujolais, without jargon and with a great deal of pleasure.

During the evening

What we actually
get up to.

  • Blind tasting

    We pour, we taste, we guess. No label, no preconception: only what the senses have to say.

  • Group quiz

    Team against team, bets placed, wrong answers, laughter. Nobody really loses.

  • Le Nez du Vin

    The aroma vials go round the table. All that is left is putting a name on what you smell.

  • Le Toucher du Vin

    Velvet, silk, lace: fabrics to touch so you can finally say what the wine does on the palate.

  • Our winemakers

    The explanation lands right after the game, once the question has come from the table. Answers, never a lecture.

  • Food and wine pairings

    Every wine arrives with its own bite. Taste before, taste after: it is not the same wine any more.

Le Toucher du Vin, in fabrics:

Velvet Velvety tannins, roundness
Silk Silky finish, lightness
Canvas Structure, firm tannins
Lace Bubbles, freshness, vivacity
Cashmere Body, warmth, richness
Group of participants around the table at a Wine Break evening, purple walls
Wine being poured into a Le Petit Musée du Vin branded glass at a Wine Break evening
Participant examining the aromas of her glass at a Wine Break evening
Participants holding Le Petit Musée du Vin branded glasses, warm Wine Break atmosphere

For those who love wine
without the fuss.

Curious beginners. Enthusiasts who want to share. Groups of friends, colleagues, solo adventurers. Led by women, for women and their friends. No prerequisites, just the desire to be there.

No prerequisites Solo or group Community spirit Women & friends 2h, wines included

Upcoming sessions

The next spot
is yours.

Spots fill up fast. Price varies depending on the evening's wine selection.

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Wine Break takes place in the vaulted cellars, accessible by spiral staircase only. Not accessible for visitors with reduced mobility.