{"id":19284,"date":"2025-03-31T10:58:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T08:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/non-categorise\/discover-exceptional-wines-with-fabien-mene\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T10:58:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T08:58:39","slug":"discover-exceptional-wines-with-fabien-mene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/service-food\/discover-exceptional-wines-with-fabien-mene\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover exceptional wines with Fabien Mene"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Next to Domaine de Ch\u00e2teauvieux<\/strong><\/a> in Satigny is a small grocery-cellar <\/span>who sells <\/span>exceptional products. Founded in 2003 by chef Philippe Chevrier and sommelier Thierry Jeantet, it is now under the expertise of Fabien Mene, elected Switzerland’s best sommelier in 2021. <\/p>\n

New York, New York<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

After completing his studies, Fabien worked in Paris before moving to France. <\/span>to leave <\/span>in New York to broaden his knowledge of oenology. In fact, the diversity of the Big Apple’s wine scene allows him to explore wines from all over the world. <\/span>Twelve years later, he settled in <\/span>in Geneva to be closer to his family. After several experiences in the luxury hotel business, <\/span>he realizes the advantages of the city, including that of being <\/span>surrounded by exceptional vineyards of all <\/span>sides.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Fabien Mene’s favorite part of his job is the contact with customers and the demands of the trade, which requires a constantly renewed knowledge. So it’s by traveling to the vineyards, meeting the producers and tasting the vintages that Fabien Mene is able to develop his expertise. <\/span>it improves <\/span>knowledge. <\/span>The sommelier profession is <\/span>constantly evolving: new vineyards are emerging, new winemaking methods are being developed <\/span>emerging <\/span>and old ones are brought up to date.<\/p>\n

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Fabiene Mene \u00a9Mathilda Perrot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Unusual regions<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Fabien prefers wines that have acidity and are not too acidic. <\/span>heavy. It was therefore only natural for him to specialize in <\/span>in the regions <\/span>who have a <\/span>cool climate. Passionate about exploring unusual and emerging regions such as the Canaries, Greece or Oregon, he <\/span>leave your prejudices behind <\/span>and comes out <\/span>conventional classics to seek out new, little-known vineyards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>Always on the lookout for wine nuggets, Fabien Mene concentrates his research on regions offering the best grape varieties. So if you’re looking for advice on Burgundy or Rh\u00f4ne Valley wines, on <\/span>Austrian Riesling or <\/span>pinot noir <\/span>from New Zealand, go and see Fabien.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Curious and passionate, Fabien Mene is constantly exploring new wine horizons. From great vintages to little-known nuggets, it’s in the Ch\u00e2teauvieux grocery-cellar that he accompanies every wine-lover in his discovery and shares his expert advice. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":19286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"Discover exceptional wines with Fabien Mene | Restaurant | Edouard Amoiel","description":"Curious and passionate, Fabien Mene is constantly exploring new wine horizons. From great vintages to little-known nuggets, it's in the Ch\u00e2teauvieux grocery-cel"},"_slim_seo_primary_term_category":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_post_tag":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_restaurants-par-lieux":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_style-de-restaurant":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[439],"tags":[],"restaurants-par-lieux":[],"style-de-restaurant":[],"class_list":["post-19284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-service-food"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19284"},{"taxonomy":"restaurants-par-lieux","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/restaurants-par-lieux?post=19284"},{"taxonomy":"style-de-restaurant","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/style-de-restaurant?post=19284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}