French wine country, designed from the inside.
Private wine days and travel design across France, by two people who live here and work in wine. Built on years of relationships with growers, great houses and the tables worth the drive.
We are Emily Erin and Nicolas Fouilleroux, a sommelier and a wine educator based in Lyon. We design the day, we book it in your name, and one of us is often the person beside you in the cellar.
What we doFour ways to travel with us
Private wine days
A full day with one of us beside you, from your hotel or train to the last cellar. Family domaines and great houses, lunch worth the region, and every question answered.
Private wine days
Travel design
Your trip written and booked day by day: producers, tables, drivers and hotels, all in your name. A single day, or two weeks across several regions.
Travel design
Wine education
Wine Scholar Guild certifications and masterclasses with Nicolas Fouilleroux, DipWSET, through Paris Wine Academy. Small classes, taught in France.
Paris Wine Academy
Editorial
Every photograph and story here is our own. We write and photograph French wine country for our readers, and on commission for regions, estates and hotels.
Our editorial workEvery visit is chosen because we would send our own family there.
Who we work withPrivate clients, and the people who look after them
Private clients
Couples, families and small private groups who want France done properly.
Travel companies
Luxury travel companies and advisors who trust us with their guests on the ground.
Companies
Teams who bring us in for training, wine lists, talks and tastings.
Regions, estates and hotels
Who commission our writing and photography.
Why usWe live here. We work in wine.
- In French wine since 2017, based in Lyon, at home in Burgundy and Champagne.
- Years of relationships with growers and great houses across France.
- Two languages and two cultures. We translate the room, not just the wine list: who to greet, when to taste, what to ask and what to leave unsaid.
- WSET Diploma, WSET Level 3, French Wine Scholar, Bourgogne Master Level.
- Trusted on the ground by international travel companies.
- Featured in BBC Travel and Vagabond, the Swedish travel magazine.
I came to France in 2017 to study wine and never left.
First Paris, then Burgundy, now Lyon. I work as a sommelier and travel designer, and I photograph and write everything published under the Paris Wine Girl name.
My husband Nicolas, DipWSET, reached Stage 2 of the Master of Wine programme and is an ambassador for the Wines of Provence. He guides many of our private days and leads our wine education.
Together we design trips for people who want to understand what they are tasting, and why it matters.
Emily Erin
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