FERMETURE HIVERNALE/SPRING WINTER BREAK

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Spring sera fermé du mardi 21 février au mercredi 29 février. 

Nous serons ouvert pour le dîner uniquement du jeudi 1 mars au samedi 3 mars. 

A partir du mardi 6 mars, nous reprenons les dîners du mardi au samedi, et les déjeuners du mercredi au vendredi. 

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Spring will be closed from Tuesday February 21st through Wednesday February 29th.  

We will reopen for dinner only from Wednesday March 1st through Saturday March 3rd

Beginning Tuesday March 6th, we will be open as usual for dinner from Tuesday through Saturday and for lunch from Wednesday through Friday. 

Nikolaihof Austrian Tasting with Christine Saahs

Dégustation Domaine Nikolaihof avec Christine Saahs

January 26^th, 2012

Spring Boutique 52 Rue de l'Arbre Sec 75001

6:00p.m.-8:30p.m.

Free

A rare event is taking place at Spring boutique this next Thursday, January 26^th. We be welcoming Christine Saahs, the owner of Domaine Nikolaihof from Wachau Austria. She will be pouring her wines, all white, made from some of the most beautiful terroirs in Austria. Considering Domaine Nikolaihof is the oldest wine estate in Austria and the first certified domaine in Europe to practice biodynamic farming, we're excited to have Mme Saahs join us to discuss her vineyards winemaking. Her wines are not widely available in France, and it's a pleasure to have both her and her wines. 

En dégustation:

2010 Im Weingebirge Gruner Veltliner Federspiel, 19€

2007 Steiner Hund Riesling Reserve, 42€

1993 Vinothek Gruner Veltliner, 86€ 

plus older vintages selected by Mme Saahs directly from the Nikolaihof Cellar

Dégustation Domaine Nikolaihof avec Christine Saahs

Le 26 Janvier 2012

Spring Boutique 52 Rue de l'Arbre Sec 75001

18h00-20h30

Gratuit

Un événement unique et particulier se passe à la boutique Spring ce jeudi, 26 janvier : une dégustation des vins autrichiens du Domaine Nikolaihof ! Voilà un vignoble qui n’est pas très connu en France mais qui cache des grands terroirs, notamment pour certains cépages blancs.

Nous sommes honorés de recevoir Christine Saahs, la propriétaire du premier domaine à être certifié en biodynamie en Europe (c'est aussi le domaine le plus vieux d'Autriche). Elle nous présentera ses vins qui sont assez difficiles à trouver en France- c’est l’occasion de voyager à travers vos papilles et goûter aux choses inconnues comme sa cuvée Vinothek Gruner Veltliner 1993, un vin qui venant d’un élevage de 15 ans en fûts !

En dégustation:

2010 Im Weingebirge Gruner Veltliner Federspiel, 19€

2007 Steiner Hund Riesling Reserve, 42€

1993 Vinothek Gruner Veltliner, 86€ 

plus anciennes millésimes choisis par Mme Saahs 

Book Party, Burger Truck & Wine Tasting

A YEAR STRAIGHT by Elena Azzoni

Book Party, Burger Truck and Wine Tasting
52 Rue de l'Arbre Sec 75001
Thursday Dec 15
18h-20h
Free

We will be joined by Le Camion Qui Fume (the new burger truck getting rave reviews). Bring your appetite!

We thought Elena was a great accountant, but it turns out she is an even better author! Her first book has just been published to enthusiastic reception in the US and we'll be hosting a reading and wine tasting with signed copies for sale. It's called "A Year Straight" and chronicles her first year dating men after having spent nearly her entire adult life dating women. (It's a comedy.)

“Frank, funny and revealing of relations between—and among—the sexes.”
– Kirkus Reviews

Read a sneak preview on the Huffington Post and visit www.ayearstraight.com

More Wine Clases in Nov and Dec

EXTRA WINE CLASSES ADDED FOR NOV AND DECEMBER

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In addition to tastings every Thursday Afternoon at 4 pm, we've added the following dates for Nov and December :
click here to sign up: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/208137

FRIDAY NOV 25 16h00
SATURDAY DEC 10 16h00
FRIDAY DEC 16 16H00
FRIDAY DEC 30 16H00

We also now have an event calendar page for all the wine events at the boutique:

http://wine.springparis.fr/p/calendar.html

Nuts for Beaujolais Nouveau

NUTS FOR BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU
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JEUDI 17 NOVEMBRE
@ SPRING BOUTIQUE 52 RUE DE L'ARBRE SEC 75001 PARIS
17H00 - 21H00
PAS DE RESERVATIONS
NOUVEAUTES DU JEAN FOILLARD ET KARIM VIONNET
SUR PLACE 4€ LE VERRE / 15€ LA BOUTEILLE
NOIX, SAUCISSON, AMIS, GOOD TIMES

Lobster Sandwiches - Saturday Nov 19th 2011

One Day Only! 

Lobster Sandos are back, and we're setting up for a party. Hope you can join us - it will be fun. 

Lobster Sandwiches at Spring

Saturday November 19th 2011
12h to 18h

Lobster Sandwiches                              25€
Goose Fat 'Freedom' Fries                     6€

Reserve your sandwich in advance.


Drinks will be available at the restaurant and the boutique.


Tables will be shared and non-reservable. Tables and drinks will be available at both the Restaurant and the Boutique.

 Email or call if you have questions.


Please note that we will not be serving dinner - we will be only open for the Lobster Sandwich Party. 

First Friday

 

Spring Wine Club

First Friday Apero

Friday November 4^th

18h00 – 21h00

15 EUR for Wine Tasting plus snacks from the kitchen

Free for Wine Club Members plus one guest (you can join on the spot)

Wines by the glass and bottles at prix caviste

Everyone is welcome – come taste the wines for the November Wine Club (winemaker pictured above – you’ll have to guess who it is or find out on Friday)

Click here from more info about the Spring Wine Club

"Vintage" Wine Tasting at La Galcante

"Vintage" Wine Expo plus Tasting at La Galcante

with Jean Montanet (Domaine de la Cadette, Vezelay), Philippe Gilbert (Menetou-Salon), and others to be announced

Thursday October 13th, 18h-21h

Free and Open to all

In the courtyard behind the boutique, there's a great shop called La Galcante that specializes in 'presse ancienne'. We've been talking with them for a long time now about doing an event together . La Galcante will put up an exhibition of their favorite vintage wine-related magazines, posters, and other ephemera, and we've invited a few winemakers to come and pour some wines.

Spring Bouillon

Inspired by the history of Les Halles - a big bowl of chicken bouillon prepared at Spring ladled over vegetables, chicken, and a poached farm egg. Served with radishes, fresh herbs, and citrus to mix in. It's a great lunch for hungry workers.

A big bowl is 12 EUR, and we also have wines by the glass or bottle, plus homemade desserts.

Tuesday-Saturday from 12h00 to 14h30 (Saturdays until 17h) at Spring Boutique

Lunch is back - and you can book online

We're serving lunch at Spring on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Not only that, but you can skip the phones and book online Noah's Ark style (two people at a time).

Online booking is in test mode, so if you want to try it out - here's the link:

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/198577

Update Nov 2011

No more Brown Paper Tickets for lunch -- call us from 10h - 18h to make a lunch reservation.

Friday Apero at Spring Boutique

Wine Party at Spring Boutique

Friday, September 9, 2011

18h00 - 20h00

Apero snacks arrive from the kitchen at 19h00

15 Euros for 2 glasses of wine plus snacks  

Free for wine club members + 1 guest

Drink any bottle at the counter at prix caviste.

We'll have the first two selections from the Spring Wine Club open to taste, and serve up an aperitif Spring style. It's a party.

If you're not in the Club, we still like you, so don't be shy. Plus, if you like the wines, you can join on the spot. We'll have them all boxed up and ready to go.

If you are in the Wine Club already and want to feel extra special, we'll put together some events just for you later in the fall.  If you can't make it to the Kick-off party, we'll keep the wines at the boutique for you to pick up anytime.

Please let us know at josh at springparis . fr if you're coming so that we can prepare. Everyone is welcome!

For details on the wine club: http://www.springparis.fr/document/Spring_Wine_Club.pdf

Fun with Meg "Zembeck" Zimbeck

Ha ha!  Goofing around with Meg Zimbeck and co. Fun little video from Food and Wine.  Thanks Meg!

Lobster Sandwich Picnic

One Day Only! 

Lobster Sandos are back, and we're setting up for a party. Hope you can join us - it will be fun. 

Lobster Sandwich Picnic at Spring

Saturday July 23rd
12h to 18h

Lobster Sandwiches                             24
Goose Fat 'Freedom' Fries                   6

Reserve your sandwich in advance. 


Drinks will be available at the restaurant and the boutique. 


Tables will be shared and non-reservable. Tables and drinks will be available at both the Restaurant and the Boutique.

 Email or call if you have questions.


Please note that we will not be serving dinner - we will be only open for the Lobster Sandwich Party. 

Spring Break in August

Spring Restaurant will be closed from Tuesday August 16th through Tuesday August 30. We will reopen for dinner on Wednesday August 31.

Two Great Tastings this Week

Soirée Dégustation : Whisky Suntory 

with Mike Miyamoto, Global Brand Ambassador, former distillery manager Yamazaki and Hakushu

Thurday June 16th 18h-20h

Free

Join Suntory master distiller Mike Miyamoto for an evening of whisky tasting. We will be tasting on ice, and also mixing classic Japanese whisky drinks to present different styles of enjoying whisky before and after a meal. 

En dégustation:

Yamazaki 12 year

Hakushu 12 year

Hibiki 17 year

Yamazaki Bourbon Barrel (not yet available in France)

Saturday Afternoon Tasting : Lopez de Heredia Rioja

with Nadine Matusch, Export Manager

Saturday June 18 14h-19h

Free

Excellent old-school Rioja -- long barrel and bottle ageing - we'll taste:

Vina Gravonia Blanc Crianza 2000

Vina Tondonia Rosé Gran Reserva 2000

Vina Tondonia Rouge Reserva 2001

Vina Bosconia Rouge Gran Reserva 1991

Soirée Dégustation : Coups de Coeur de Caviste - Deux Clos

Spring Boutique, 52 rue de l'Arbre Sec 75001 Paris

18h-21h

5€ no reservations needed

Hubert Pien, Clos Saint Fiacre, in his Pinot Meunier vines 

Just took a peek in our wine cellar to see what wines I'm bringing home tonight - that's the best way to pick the coup de coeur. Since we're all out of magnums of Romanée-Conti and cans of Mr Pibb, I'll be heading home with wines from two wineries that start with 'clos'- Clos Saint Fiacre and Clos Capitoro. Clos Saint Fiacre is in the nearly unknown appelation Orléans, just a cherry stone's throw from Paris, where they make great red Pinot Meunier and white Chardonnay. Clos Capitoro is a bit futher away - Vermentino and sciaccarello. Come by on Thursday to taste 'em all for 5 eurobucks. 

En dégustation: (moins 10% sur tous les vins qui commence avec 'Clos' ce soir)

2010 Clos Saint Fiacre 'Orléans' Blanc reg 8€ -10% 7.20€

2009 Clos Saint Fiacre 'Orléans' Rouge reg 8€ -10% 7.20€

2010 Clos Capitoro Ajaccio Blanc 16€ -10% 14.40€

2010 Clos Capitoro Ajaccio Rouge reg 16€ -10% 14.40€

Wine Tastings are Back on Thursdays

jeudi 2 juin / thursday june 2

Soirée Dégustation : Domaine Les Milles Vignes avec vigneronne Valérie Guerin

Spring Boutique, 52 rue de l'Arbre Sec 75001 Paris

18h-21h

gratuit, venez nombreux sans réservation / free tasting, no reservations needed

Valérie Guerin presides over a tiny collection of vineyards near the appellation Fitou. Her winemaking style is simple : low yield, excellent quality. Most of her extremely limited production goes directly to the cellars of nice restaurants in France. Valérie rarely comes to Paris, so we're happy to have her for the evening at Spring. If you haven't already hightailed it out of Paris for the weekend with half of the city, stop by and have a glass. 

En dégustation: (moins 10% sur tous les vins Domaine Les Milles Vignes ce soir)

2010 Vin des Pays de l'Aude Blanc 'Les Pieds des Nymphettes' reg 48€ -10% 43.20€

2007 Vin des Pays de l'Aude Rosé reg 28€ -10% 25.20€

2009 Vin des Pays de l'Aude Rouge 'Chasse Filou' reg 20€ -10% 18€

2010 Muscat de Rivesaltes reg 28€ -10% 25.20€

2005 Rivesaltes (élevage en fût cognac) reg 34€ -10% 30.60€

Tasting will continue every thursday 18h-21h at the boutique. 

Summer Hours

From June 1:

Spring begins a new schedule for the Summer.

Lunch is served only on Fridays.

Dinner service begins at 7pm.

Enjoy the sunshine!

Spring Liquide Eté 2011 + Spring Wine Club

click here to download Spring Liquide Ete 2011

 

Click here for Spring Wine Club 

Chaos on the Rue Bailleul

Paris, France.

Late Tuesday night, under the cover of darkness, representatives of the mysterious secretive organisation  known only as 'Mairie de Paris' posted indecipherable signs on the doors of Spring Restaurant and Spring Boutique. With the aid of our international code experts and the internet, we were able to determine that Madame de Paris intended to transform our vital artery into a Pedestrian WALKWAY!

Early Tuesday morning hooligans disguised as construction workers showed up in front of the Spring Restaurant and boutique and proceded to cut through precious street poles that prevent cars from driving onto the 30 cm of sidewalk that separate Spring from the mean streets of Paris. Once this malicious work was completed, they then began ripping out the sidewalk itself, the bulldozer making short work of the defenseless concrete.

Under the aegis of so-called 'street improvements', these 'workers' reduced the rue Bailleul to a pile of rubble in less than 48 hours. Multiple attempts to set up a rendezvous with Mme de Paris resulted in interminable wait times on hold only to get through to an operator who informed us that we had called the wrong number and the person we needed to talk to was on vacation.

Food and Wine fans the world over are wondering what this will mean for the 1st Spring Coupe du Vin. An upset? A continuation of the status quo? It's hard to say in Paris. Persons with futhur information to shed light on this story are asked to present themselves at Spring Boutique on Thursday night at 7 pm for a wine tasting.

Le Spring Coupe de Vin

Spring Coupe du Vin 
Starting Thursday March 10
Thursdays
10€ to play
Spring Boutique, 52 Rue de l'Arbre Sec, 75001 Paris   

8 wines. 5 weeks. Two winners - the favorite wine and you!  

Sidebetting, Oddsmaking, and Matchfixing highly encouraged.  

Keep up to date on the blog www.springparis.blogspot.com  

30€ and Under Red League:

Groupe A:   

Côtes des Francs, Chateau le Puy, 2005 (14.50€) 

Nuits-Saints-Georges 'Les Terrasses des Vallerots', Machard de Gramont 2008 (28€)

Ribeira Sacra 'Lalama', Do Bibei 2006 (25€)

Cahors 'La Haute Pièce', Parlange & Illouz 2008 (19.50€)

Groupe B:

Morgon 'Cote du Py', Foillard 2009 (20€)

Chinon 'Saint Louands', Breton 2007 (22€) 

Alsace Pinot Noir 'Les Terrasses', Pierre Frick 2004 (21€)

Vacqueyras 'Cuvée Floureto', Sang de Cailloux 2007 (16.50€) 

Semaine 1, 10/3: Group A   

Semaine 2, 17/3: Group B  

Semaine 3: 24/3: Demi finales: Top 2 from Group A

Semaine 4: 31/3: Demi finales: Top 2 from Group B

Semaine 5: 7/4  :  Finales

 

Vacations

Spring Restaurant and Boutique will be closed until 1 March 2011 for our annual vacations. Sleepy time.

Reservations are available for April and for lunch in March starting on 1 March 2011

Spring Break!

Spring Restaurant and Spring Boutique will be closed from Sunday February 13th through Monday February 28th. We will not be hosting any wine tastings during this period. The boutique will reopen on Tuesday morning March 1st at 11 am, and the restaurant will be open for dinner starting Tuesday night March 1st. Wine tastings will resume Thursday afternoon March 3rd. 

GRAND AFTERNOON TASTING

SPRING GRAND AFTERNOON TASTING
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY
1.5 HOURS, SIX WINES

60€ per person


Online Reservations Required:
 click here to book

Hungry to learn more about wine?  Spend  an hour and half with us in the 16th Century Spring Wine Cellar. We'll go over the basics of how to taste wine, introduce you to six different wines from our favorite artisanal producers, and discuss wine and food pairing - with some 'hands-on' practice. This class will be in English.

The tasting includes special afternoon wine snack from the Spring kitchen to go with the selection of wines.

An example of the wines served:

Champagne 'Spring'                                   

R&L Legras, NV  

    

Mercurey Blanc

'La Chagnee'                        

Philippe Garrey, 2008

Savennieres

'Roche aux Moines'                       

Chateau Pierre Bise, 2009

Vosne-Romanée                                               

Machard de Gramont, 2008

Crozes-Hermitage

'Entre Ciel et Terre'           

David Reynaud, 2007      

Banyuls 'Riserva'                                   

La Tour Vieille, NV

Snacks:

Huitres Prat an Coum with Grapefruit Jelly and Buckwheat

Saucisson d'Auvergne

Veal and Foie Gras Tourte

Ossau-Iraty Reserve Sheep's Milk Cheese

Crème Chocolat with Caramel

To Reserve Your Place Online:

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/profile/27541

Questions?

email josh@springparis.fr
(sorry, no restaurant reservations via email)

Wine Classes are held at Spring Restaurant, 6 rue bailleul 75001 Paris

Due to the small size of each class, please note that wine classes must be paid for in advance. If you have to cancel and we are unable to fill the space, we will offer you a credit towards a future class.

Spring Popote!

Spring Popote

A hot and tasty soup served at the counter at the boutique Tuesday to Friday from 12h to 20h30. The inspiration was a meal that we made for a bunch of winemakers after our big tasting in November. We cooked up a big soup for everyone, and it everyone enjoyed it, so we decided to make it all the time. We'll keep it going as long as it's cold outside.

Only 5€50 makes it quite a hit with the neighboors. 

You can get the Popote at Spring Boutique, 52 Rue de l'Arbre Sec, 75001 Paris. 

This Weekend at the Boutique

We'll be open all this weekend at the boutique:

Saturday 18 Dec, 11h to 20h

Book Signing and Champagne Tasting with Alec Lobrano from 17h-20h. Reading at 17h, champagne and chatting until eightish.

Sunday 19 Dec 12h-18h - Bagel Party

Salmon, Cream Cheese, Bagels, and Cheesecake while you pick up gifts from the boutique. Who doesn't want a stocking full of wine, chocolate, foie gras, and sardines? Okay, maybe wrap the sardines and put them under the tree. 

Taste any wine you want!

We've been thinking about the best way to buy wine, and the answer is the same for us as it is for you. Taste! We taste everything before we put anything on our shelf, and so should you. So we put in a new wooden tasting counter at the boutique with fancy LED lights. It feels a bit like being in a schooner filled with the best wine in France. 

Stop in anytime you want and taste what's new (or old, in the case of certain bottles). No reservations necessary, no limit on how many or how few people you can bring.

The offer for December is simple:

Spring Wine Tasting: 10€ for our favorite 4 wines of the day

Champagne Tasting: 20€ for 4 champagnes

Special Champagne Tasting and Book Signing 
with Alec Lobrano, author Hungry for Paris
Saturday Dec 18th, 17h-21h at Spring Boutique

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