Waiting Wednesday

Today begins Montmartre's much-awaited grape-harvest vendanges celebrations.

Above: members of the exclusive Clos Montmarte, symbolic vineyard of the days of wines and vines, start to gather

LA VILLAGE EN FÊTE

Fête des Vendanges 2025

Ends Sunday October 12

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Program

 

Festival Friday

Montmartre's annual autumn grape harvest and wine festival bursts into life Wednesday, October 8.

 LA VILLAGE EN FÊTE 

Fête des Vendanges 2025

Ends Sunday October 12

Blue cheese

...(made with lavender), orange cheese (hot peppers), red cheese (sun-dried tomatoes), speckled cheese (red peppers, hot peppers, pesto), more, at small charming food and crafts fair all weekend.

Below: stall of multi-flavored sausages and wines; outdoor cantine; fountain of Saint Sulpice

 Place Saint-Sulpice 75006

Oyster of the month

 

In France, even months without an "R" don't keep oysters at bay.

Above: ready-to-slurp Bélons at an along-the-Seine autumn food fest