FRANCE
The ones worth booking.
The 15 most popular cheese tours. What each one is actually like, who runs it, and what it costs.
Walk Montmartre for cheese, wine, chocolate, and pastries across eight stops, finishing at Sacré Coeur with iconic city views.
“Pierre-Edouard was awesome ! Super informative and we had wonderful conversations. So much fun! Amazing tastings!”
Private Montmartre food tour with wine, cheese, pastries, and a bespoke picnic lunch, guided in English and paced just for your group.
“We thoroughly enjoyed our walking tour with Rita. We learned so much about the food of France and had a delicious experience on top of it! I would definitely recommend this tour without reserve”
Walk Paris Le Marais for 3.5 hours with 10+ tastings, cheese and wine, pastries, macarons, and a mystery dish.
“Our guide was a bit hard to understand - a bit to soft-spoken but charming and informative. We love all the different foods we tasted and it was lovely to sit in a charming restaurant mid tour on a chilly day!”
2-hour Paris wine and cheese lunch near the Louvre: five French wines (including Champagne) paired with five cheeses by an English sommelier.
“Had the best time! Learned a lot and out Somalia Clemon was super knowledgeable. He is so passionate about what he does and it is so evident. Amazing and will recommend this to anyone”
Small-group cheese and wine tasting in Montmartre with a local cheesemonger: 8 cheeses, 5 wine pairings, 2 hours, $70.
“Max gave a greet insight into the history of each cheese from the regions they came from as well as the paired wines , can highly recommend this for anyone heading to Paris”
Small-group French wine, champagne and cheese tasting in Paris’s 15th. Learn tasting tips, sip six wines, pair with five cheeses.
“Erwan was delightful and we thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon. We highly recommend it! I would go again!”
Paris wine tasting and cheese lunch with an expert sommelier. Taste 5 wines including Champagne in a central cellar setting.
“We enjoyed a wine and cheese pairing experience with Felicity. She was great at explaining the wine regions of France and each wine that we tasted. We booked this based on a friend’s recommendation and will come back for a different experience next time we are in Paris.”
A small-group Paris cheese-and-wine cellar tour with 7 cheese tastings, 3 wine pairings, and a guided history stop for great value.
“Wonderful, fun, informative. Gabriel was a great “instructor.” Great wine and cheese. Recommend highly!”
3-hour Le Marais food walk with cheese, wine, pastries and sweets. Small group, market stop, and local stories in Paris’ lanes.
“This tour was SO excellent! The food options were fantastic, and our guide was so kind, informative, and friendly. We had so much fun and would recommend this tour to everyone!”
Join Chef Alex in Paris for a Mouffetard Market walk and a 6-cheese, 3-wine tasting with blind games.
“Although Chef Alex was a couple of minutes late arriving once he was there he was excellent. Very informative and interesting”
Walk Bordeaux’s Chartrons wine streets, then enjoy a guided blind tasting of Bordeaux bio wines with cheese and baguette.
“Sadly, no one else booked so I was SMS’d the day before saying there would be no walking tour but they would include an extra wine for tasting. Ani, the enterprise owner had only opened the day before. There was no electricity at the venue. The guy was very personable and clearly knew his wines…”
Sip French whites, reds, and Champagne with Simon at L’OenoVice. Learn pairing with 5 cheeses and perfume-based aroma training in 2 hours.
“Simon was very knowledgeable and was personable. We got decent amounts of wine and cheese so we could really taste properly. Group was small which was ideal.”
Learn Bordeaux tasting fast with six wines, left- vs right-bank lessons, and charcuterie & cheese pairings in a small English group.
“A fun tasting with a knowledgeable hostest who grew up in the area. We did two white wines, two red, a rose and a really nice sauturn.”
Bordeaux wine masterclass: 90 minutes tasting 1 white and 5 reds, left vs right bank, paired with cheese and charcuterie in central Bordeaux.
“Absolutely fantastic guy running it. Very informative and knowledgeable and very friendly and helpful. I learnt a lot on the day.”
One hour on Île Saint-Louis to watch cheese made, then taste four French cheeses with a bilingual guide. Great value for rain days.
“This was amazing! Somehow I was the only one there so I got a 1:1 tasting! The staff were so lovely and knowledgeable. As a science teacher/ nerd I found the whole experience super interesting and I definitely learnt a lot!”
