I’m going to be in Paris in a few months and am taking all this advice in; basiclly load up on grower champagne. Where is Plus des Bulles in Paris? I can’t find an address on google.
2007 CdP en magnum. Goes with everything.
If you are going to be there for a while, I’m going to recommend a blog. Not Drinking Poison in Paris. I think he has decamped elsewhere, but its a good primer for placed to find natural wines in Paris, as well as good cafes/bistros.
Also, aged Chinon is really hard to find in the US. While I may not be the hugest fan of young Cab. franc (or young wines in general), you can find some cheap 10+ yr old stuff in france that is really nice.
Plus des Bulles does not have a retail location. Look at the website and figure out what you want. Then you contact them, place an order, and they deliver it to your hotel.
you might bring back a bottle of Amer Picon
Thanks Michael, I’ll be sure to place an order with them.
Overnoy.
haha! If one can find a store that carries it and/or is willing to sell it to you 
Check out chateau.com - I’ve picked up bottles from their Paris store a couple times
Overnoy isn’t overly difficult to find in Paris, as highly sought-after wines go. What’s difficult is convincing a caviste that you’re worthy of receiving it. (No, I’m not kidding.) If you’re interested in acquiring some, prepare your knowledgable enthusiasm and you’ll be fine. As one source said, “it’s not a matter of the cost…”
Ganevat, on the other hand, flows like water in Paris, as it absolutely does not in the States. I’m not sure it’s worth bringing some back, but if the sparkling wine’s available for drinking somewhere she’s eating, I absolutely recommend it, because it’s fascinating.
Re: Amer Picon, the current recipe is nothing like the liqueur that was part of the Brooklyn. But just as the “real” Lillet was replicated by another company, an Amer Picon substitute is in development. Bring some home if you want, but it’s way sweeter than the version that was once beloved by bartenders.
yep, especially raveneau and selosse
some of the restaurants had the clos for a song…
In addition to knowledgable enthusiasm, it also helps a lot to not ask for every allocated/hip wine they have. Unfortunately, that’s probably the list that you’re trying to put together. But you might be more successful in getting these items if you plan on going home with a mix of allocated/hip wines and obscure/unknown wines.
I don’t know if they still count as obscure/unknown but, for example, I’d be happy bringing back some Boisson Vadot Meursault Les Chevalières (or Les Genevrières) along with Raveneau or whatever.
Fully agreed. If they judge you as a name-chaser, you’ll get nothing. It’s a dance masquerading as a negotiation. You can get the obscure Ganevat and the rare grower Champagne, or you can get the Allemand or the Overnoy, but if the latter two are granted you won’t get the other things.
2006 Didier Dagueneau Asteroide
When I went to Caves Augé a year and a half ago, I managed to procure 2 bottles of 2003 Overnoy vieux Savagnin. I first put 6 bottles of Métras cru Beaujolais on the counter. Even then, I could tell from the look in the clerk’s eyes that they had other Overnoy wines for sale, but that was all he would sell me. There was no Overnoy on the sales floor. I had to ask. I had no problem with that. Anything was better than nothing.
So how many bottles, for what tastes (or region etc.) and what budget? Based on that I may be able to recommend a wine shop.
Alain
Also: don’t shop at Caves Augé.
Yes. Unfortunately, I had no knowledge of the issues there prior to my trip to that store.
I know, don’t worry.
I’d bring home some Ganevat just because the suggestive labels are more fun than the boring US ones. Yes, I’m a child.