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Fly Me To France : Wine Flights Menu

Café & Bar Gavroche has since September 2013 launched a new wine experience to excite wine-lovers and convert casual tipplers. Wines from France’s best wine-producing regions will be served in Flights of 5 (from $32) or Flights of 3 (from $16), with Café & Bar Gavroche’s recently appointed Wine Guru Manuel Rodrigues to lead the wine expedition.

French Wine Flights

There are 11 Flights to select from. One may choose to discover France via its regions – Flying Business Class Regional (Flight of 5, $38) takes you through a discovery of the Sud Ouest (South West) and uncover its strong personality, then the authentic tastes of Loire Valley wines, before you pass by Alsace, with its unique flavours, to the delightful complexity of Burgundy, and finally finishing with the class of Bordeaux.

One may also choose to fly First Class All The Way (Flight of 5, $48), which charts a course through the purity of Champagne, before heading to Burgundy where Chardonnay and Pinor Noir grow in abundance. Next, head down to the region of the spices, Rhone Valley, then savour the surprising flavours of Languedoc-Roussillon, before ending this delectable journey with the class and unique tastes of Bordeaux.

If you are up for a surprise, then allow Wine Guru Manuel Rodrigues to chart you an exciting flight course by Flying Blind (Flight of 5, $32), a wine discovery through five chosen regions.

Other Wine Flights include a Ladies Tour (Flight of 3, $20), with three feminine wines that are charming, sweet and pure in flavour, a Gentlemen’s Tour (Flight of 3, $24), with strong character and personality, an Organic Tour (Flight of 3, $21), showcasing the pure tastes of all natural wine making, and a Bubbly Tour (Flight of 3, $38) with the pure tastes of house champagne Bauget-Jouette, and two original champagne cocktails concoctions made from the same champagne.

The Wine Guru - Mr Manuel Rodrigues

Mr Manuel Rodrigues has accumulated a wealth of knowledge in wine over the past 15 years. He started at 1- Michelin Star Hostellerie des Clos, in Chablis, Burgundy when he was just 16 years old, and moved on to 2-Michelin Star Le Grand Hotel du Lion D’or in Loire Valley. Following this in 2006, Manuel became the sommelier at the world’s most luxurious hotel, the Burj Al Arab in Dubai. He later served as an Assistant Head Sommelier at Ossiano, a renowned restaurant opened by 3-Michelin Star Spanish Chef Santi Santamaria at Dubai’s resort development, Atlantis the Palm.

His most recent appointment, prior opening the restaurant Provence Singapore, was as Grand Sommelier at the St. Regis Hotel in Singapore since March 2010 where he was oversaw all the beverages for the hotel.

Originally from Portugal, Manuel and his family moved to the famous wine-making region of Chablis in Burgundy in the east of France when he was just a boy. Manuel’s love for wines began at the tender age of 12, when he worked alongside his father in the vineyards. There, he helped to toil the land, prune and harvest grapes, these being experiences that fostered in him a deep respect for the hard work behind the enjoyment of a fine bottle of wine.

Manuel graduated from Hospitality School Bourges in Loire Valley, France, attained the world wide WSET Wine Certificate and has won numerous Young Apprentice Sommelier awards. Manuel’s passion for wines has fuelled his career as a sommelier, and has seen him travelling and working around the globe, keenly sharing his knowledge with wine-lovers all over the world.