News

“The most convivial bar in Paris”

Friday, March 4th, 2011

“At last, something different in Paris”, “striking experience”… These are the terms chosen by trendsetting Parisian website MerciAlfred to describe O Chateau’s new wine bar.  Read the article…

Our chef on Top Chef

Monday, February 28th, 2011

The chef of our wine bar Tiffany Depardieu is a contestant on Top Chef. She is showing her mad skills every Monday night at 8.45PM on Top Chef (M6).She is so far a brilliant contestant…

As a tribute to Tiffany, we decided to organize a big screen airing of Top Chef tonight at O Chateau.Tiffany will be hanging out at the bar (not in the kitchen for once), other contestants will be there too, ans so will the judges… Should be good fun!

Exciting: Wine Bar now open

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

After 8 months of renovation, we are proud to announce the opening of our wine bar in Paris. 40 wines by the glass every day, food prepared by a Top Chef contestant, great atmosphere, Riedel glassware, friendly staff, good wine all around… We tried with this new place to create the place we’d like to hang out at. We hope you’ll like it too.

New-York Magazine plugs “Stuff Parisians Like”

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

and calls it “hilariously perceptive”… Read the plug…

Frommers recommends O Chateau

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010



Frommer’s ranked O Chateau #1 of the Top Wine Tasting Classes in Paris. The article is called “The Best Wine Tastings in Paris”. We’re pleased. Read the article…

Intro Tasting now offered on Saturdays

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

Good news!! We are pleased to open one more tasting on Saturdays in August. We’ll run our Introductory Tasting every Saturday in August at 3PM. That’s on top of our existing Wine & Cheese Lunch, Tour de France of Wine and Champagne Cruise

O Chateau in Time Magazine

Monday, June 28th, 2010

O Chateau just got written up in Time Magazine. In an article called ‘Wine: Best Enjoyed Young’, our wine tastings caught Time Magazine’s attention for being “the most irreverent in ParisRead the article…

O Chateau in the NY Times

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

O Chateau just got written up in March 28th edition of the New York Times. The article called ‘Going Underground in a Private Paris’ was written by Seth Sherwood and featured in the Fashion & Style pages. Read the article…

Olivier Magny guest of Le Journal de la Culture on France 24

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

March 11, 2010 – Olivier Magny was Eve Jackson’s guest on France 24′s Journal de la Culture. Olivier shared about O Chateau, Stuff Parisians Like and video blog WineRendez-Vous. Check out the video.

François de Chavanes – Chateau de Chavanes

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

What is your job? Right now, producer of wine

Where is your domaine? On the edges of Jura

Why did you choose  to be involved with wine? To find my roots again

Describe your wines in one word. A reference from Burgundy with a pleasurable Jurassic plus.

Your best wine moment? My first tasting from the barrel of Pinot le Clos in November 2003.

Your favorite dish? St Pierre from the Mediterranean, poched and barely cooked in olive oil.

Your favorite film? “Amacord” by Fellini

What does ‘terroir’ mean to you? Lively and in the middle of the South.

A quotation about wine? “God only made water, but man made wine.”

What are you most proud of? To share a little more than my dreams with those I care about.

Your dream? To keep dreaming…

Your idea of happiness? To live these dreams, once in a while.

An essential quality for you? Frankness and respect when communicating with people.

The most beautiful place on earth? Corsica

Your favorite swearword?
Couillon

Your motto? To get in the right train.

Any last words? To be at the train station in time  to make the train.