16 Feb 2025

Palm Beach Daily News

Executives from French winery to join La Goulue’s Feb. 23 food-and-wine event

By M.M. Cloutier 

La Goulue executive chef Gwen Le Pape, from left, Chateau d’Esclans’ Alexis Lichine, Jr., La Goulue founder Jean Denoyer, and La Goulue sommelier Xavier To Van Trang.

Palm Beach French bistro La Goulue is hosting a Feb. 23 food-and-wine pairing event spotlighting the southeastern France wine estate that produces the famed Whispering Angel rosé.

For the 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. affair, two special guests are on tap and they hail from Whispering Angel parent Château d’Esclans.

They are Paul Chevalier, the winery’s vice president, and Alexis Lichine, Jr., business-development manager and son of Château d’Esclans’ founder.

The two will offer insights and assist La Goulue sommelier Xavier To Van Trang as he hosts the late-afternoon event at the bistro, 288 S. County Road.

Guests will be served four wine-paired Provence-inspired tasting courses by executive chef Gwen Le Pape.

The menu starts with an amuse bouche of chilled shrimp with garlic mayonnaise and crudité; then, an appetizer featuring stuffed zucchini, yellow squash and tomato with angus beef, tomato sauce and basil.

Braised angus beef stew with olives, preserved lemon and rice pilaf is the main course. For dessert: brioche tart with orange-blossom pastry cream and pearl sugar.

Reservations are required for the event, which is $195 a person, plus tax and gratuity.

For more information, call La Goulue Palm Beach at 561-284-6292 or visit www.lagouluepalmbeach.com.