Echo Experiences

Terroir & Tradition

A cultural dinner . Paris
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Echo Experiences presents

Where Nigerian cuisine
meets French wine.

A dinner. A discovery. A bridge.

A table where both sides see the other and themselves anew.

Next edition . Paris, Autumn 2026

After-Work Tasting — Quarterly
The Dinner — Bi-Annual
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Our Story
In the founder's words

I grew up between two culinary worlds – Nigerian food in the home, French wine at the table of work. For years, I kept them separate. Terroir & Tradition is what happened when I stopped.

The first time I served suya alongside a glass of Cotes du Rhone, something shifted in the room. My Nigerian guests looked surprised – not that it worked, but that they had never thought to try. My French guests were encountering the dish for the first time, in a fine-dining register they didn’t expect. Both sides were being introduced to something. That double discovery is what Terroir & Tradition is built around. It isn’t a Nigerian supper club, or a wine dinner with a multicultural twist. It’s a deliberate, structured act of translation – between two food cultures that have evolved in extraordinary parallel, and have almost never spoken to each other at the same table.

Nkechi Nwosu

Founder, Echo Experiences

Quarterly · Relaxed discovery

The After-Work
Tasting

Nigerian flavours. French wine. Afrobeat. Good company.

No formal seating. No script. Just a relaxed evening where you discover how Nigerian food and French wine speak to each other, with afrobeat setting the tone and good company around you. Open to lovers of authentic experiences and wine amateurs alike. Nigerian culture shows up fully: in the music, the food, the fashion. French wine holds its own. You bring the curiosity.

Vibe

Relaxed networking

Duration

2-3 hours

Frequency

Quarterly

Capacity

30 guests max

Music

Afrobeat

Includes

Wine selection + Nigerian canapes

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Bi-Annual - The flagship

The
Dinner

A high-level cultural dining event. Paris.

A bi-annual flagship event that brings together 150 guests for an evening that operates at the intersection of gastronomy, diplomacy, and cultural celebration. Embassies, French and Nigerian cultural institutions, ambassadors, internationally renowned Nigerian chefs, winemakers, and members of the Nigerian diaspora community share the same room, alongside lovers of Nigeria who may be encountering its food and culture for the first time. Nigerian culture commands the space fully: in the cuisine, the music, the fashion, the storytelling. French wine and liquors rise to meet it. The result is an evening that feels like a cultural landmark, because it is one.

Format

Seated dinner · Multi-course

Capacity

150 guests

Frequency

Bi-annual

Dress code

Smart and intentional

Next Edition · Autumn 2026 · Paris· Theme: Golden Hour in Lagos
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What makes it different

01

Knowledge

Unlikely pairings of foods and wines, understanding how Nigerian spices marry with different French grape varietals. Each edition is a lesson you don't expect to enjoy this much.

02

Fine dining

Authentic Nigerian dishes prepared by accomplished chefs, presented in a fine-dining register, the same precision as a French tasting menu, applied to a cuisine that deserves it.

03

Storytelling

Storytelling and live performance curated for depth, elevating the experience into a cultural encounter. Not background entertainment. It's part of the meal.

04

The room

A cosmopolitan guest list, members of the Nigerian and African diaspora, lovers of Nigerian culture, and non-African guests drawn to discovery, composed deliberately so the evening does its own work.

Past editions

After-work tasting
Edition I . September 2025

The Inaugural After-Work Tasting

The inaugural edition proved the concept in a single evening. Five servings moved from light and coastal through to rich and hearty, each Nigerian dish paired with a French wine chosen to reveal something unexpected in both. Guests who came in sceptical left converted, not just to the pairings, but to the idea that these two food cultures had been missing each other for far too long. The conversations outlasted the wine.

Edition II . February 2026

Second Edition

The second edition raised the bar. The welcome alone, a Nigerian classic met with a Champagne nobody expected to see next to it u2014 set the room’s tone immediately. What followed was four more pairings that moved from delicate to bold, closing on something sweet and surprising. The standout moment was egusi soup with pounded yam paired with a French red: a dish so deeply Nigerian, so anchored in memory and home, holding its own against one of France’s most complex wine regions. It did more than hold its own.

An intimate alternative

Prefer it private?
Terroir & Tradition at Home.

We also host Terroir & Tradition as a private dinner for four or more, in your home, hotel, or private venue in Paris. The same menu philosophy, the same wine rigour - calibrated to your table, your guests, and your evening.

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Format 01

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The After-Work Tasting · Paris
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The Dinner · Golden Hour in Lagos · Paris
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Collaborate

Partner
with Terroir & Tradition

We work with a small number of venue partners, wine sponsors, chef collaborators, and press contacts each season. If you represent a brand, institution, or publication whose values align with what we're building, we'd like to hear from you. Conversations happen by email, not by form.

partnerships@echoexperiences,com

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