Beaujolais and Beyond Celebration 2026
About this Event
This is the Wine Event Of The Year!
Travel to French soil and celebrate with us for an unforgettable evening of delicious food, wine and music. No plane ticket required.
What better way to celebrate the end of the 2025 wine harvest in style than at the Embassy of France at DC’s only official celebration?
Join us for a joyous and lively evening featuring:
Delicious French food prepared by:
- Chef Daniel Labonne, Executive Chef at the Embassy of France
- Chef Hughes Cossard, President/Owner of FoodExpression
For our VIP guests, we have the best chefs from Cuisine Solutions, who will prepare the following dish:
Menu: Bœuf braisé au vin rouge sur purée de pommes de terre avec duxelles de champignons. [Red wine braised short rib on potato puree with mushroom duxelles.]
For dessert, the experts from Fresh Baguette will treat us to their finest creations.
Open bar all night
- Beaujolais Nouveau all night
- Champagne (VIP tables) and bubblies from France
-Our new partner Karahiyo will be there with delightful cocktails
https://karahiyo.com
- Excellent red, white and rose wines from Bordeaux, Burgundy, Loire Valley, Alsace. Rhone, Provence, etc.
Entertainment all night
- Wine tastings
- French photo backgrounds for great-looking selfies
Music All Night: The amazing Palmardy
Meet an authentic 1990 Citroen 2CV ‘Charleston’ Model 🚗
Introducing the 1990 Citroen 2CV Charleston car: A timeless classic designed in the 1930s for farmers, it offers a soft ride and unique features like seats that double as picnic chairs. With a simple design and no frills like radio or A/C, it's the essence of basic French automobile transportation.
Fantastic Raffle Prizes : Ticket Link
Grand Prize: a pair of Round Trip tickets to Paris, courtesy of Delta Air Lines and Air France
- Tickets to our next signature event -La Galette des Rois, January 20
- A basket of French Delights
- Fine French Wines & Champagne Bottle
We also have a Slient Auction with French baskets to bid on and...A very special package to win!This luxurious Paris Experience Basket will be yours if you place the winning bid. It includes :
- ✈️ Round-trip tickets to Paris (courtesy of Delta Air France)
- Galimard Paris – Two perfume creation workshops
- Do Eat Better – Two tickets for the Paris Montmartre Food Tour
- Fragonard – Two tickets for a perfume workshop in Paris
- 🗼 Paris French Guide – One full-day private guided tour of Paris
5 Types of Tickets:
- Grand Cru: Enter at 8pm, then enjoy wine, food, music and entertainment. Very limited seating.
- Millésime Premium Entry : Enter at 7pm and enjoy delicious hors-d'oeuvres and special wines in an open bar setting and live piano music for the first hour. Of course, you then stay for the rest of the night. Very limited seating.
- Chateau Table VIP Singles: You will seat at a reserved table in a roped-off prime area but with up to 3 other guests, with unlimited Champagne, wine and personal service all night. Very limited number of tables so reserve early. An opportunity to make new friends!
- Château Table VIP Couples (table for 2): You will seat at a reserved table for just you two, in a roped-off prime area, with unlimited Champagne, wine and personal service all night. Very limited number of tables so reserve early.
- Chateau Table VIP for 4 (or up to 4): You will seat at a reserved table with up to 3 of your friends, in a roped-off prime area with unlimited Champagne, wine and personal service all night. Very limited number of tables so reserve early.
Please note that the total number of tickets is limited. They will go fast so register early. We were sold out last year.
Sound and light system engineer Carlos Beaumont of VibesSolutions will work his magic to transform the room into the Embassy of lights!
Buy for yourself or for you friends and family official Beaujolais T-Shirts, imported from France.
Additional Info:
French-American Chamber of Commerce members get 20% off. Enter FACC promo code FACCBN25 in the ticket of your choice. Please note that membership will be verified immediately upon registration.
For security reasons, all persons attending the event must be registered via this site. No multiple registrations under a single name. ID will be required to enter the Embassy grounds.
This is a fundraiser: please help the FACC continue to organize great events.
It is also an excellent opportunity to stock up on excellent wine and food.
For security reasons, there will be no parking inside the Embassy. Public parking is available on Reservoir Rd and across the street at Georgetown University Hospital's parking garage.
This is an adult-only event. No one under 21 allowed.
Dress Code: Cocktail attire. French accents welcome.
No refunds.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 12.51 to USD 160.83
