This is a map of France, stitched and framed, on a classroom wall at the French Cultural Center of Boston. Where I’ve been taking French classes twice a week for nearly a year. It shows the products of each region- including- look closely! Beer.
I love wine. I do. But France has a long brewing history as well, and I’ve longed to investigate it.
So when my teacher, the lovely Swiss Eugénie, told me about an essay competition where I’d have to propose a project about spreading French culture- of course I thought of beer. And I won. Merci Rebecca Valette and the Alliance Française! Airfare and car for 16 days- prize money well spent. Daily installments of new French words de goût and French beer… Coming.
TravelSips 
How very exciting!!! There’s some fantastic beer being brewed in France but so much of it is under the radar – which isn’t a bad thing. You’ll have so much fun and Belgium and the UK aren’t too far away either if you happen to get bored… ;o)