Marie-Courtin and Piollot Champagne Lunch at Mitsuru New York

At noon in the West Village, particularly interesting glass may be a 2019 Champagne Marie-Courtin Efflorescence poured from magnum, not as an aperitif before lunch, but as part of the meal’s argument. La Fête du Champagne has built this October gathering around Polisot, the Côte des Bars village where Dominique Moreau and the Piollot family have made Champagne feel close to the soil, the cellar and the table.

The Marie-Courtin Piollot Champagne lunch is scheduled for Friday, October 16, 2026 at Mitsuru, 149 W 4th St, New York, NY 10012. The official La Fête du Champagne listing names Dominique Moreau, Rose Piollot and chef Nathan Fallowfield, with Fallowfield joining from Champagne to create a distinctive menu for the wines. The event is currently marked sold out, with a waitlist, at $550 plus tax, according to the official La Fête du Champagne event page.

The event at a glance

The full program title is “Marie-Courtin & Piollot Lunch with Dominique Moreau and Rose Piollot,” and La Fête places it within its 2026 New York calendar. The time is precise: 12:00pm ET on Friday, October 16. Mitsuru, in the West Village, is the host restaurant. The published price is $550 plus tax. The lunch is sold out. To join the waitlist, email waitlist@lapaulee.com with the subject "Marie-Courtin & Piollot Lunch", or use the waitlist button on the official event page.

This is not a walk-around tasting or a casual by-the-glass promotion. La Fête describes a bespoke tasting menu from Nathan Fallowfield, created to pair with wines from Dominique Moreau and Roland Piollot’s cellars. What has been announced is the structure: a seated lunch, producer presence, and a wine list that gives collectors a useful look at Marie-Courtin and Piollot across cuvées and vintages.

For a New York collector, the appeal lies in the combination. You have the precision of single-parcel, single-vintage Champagne; the context of the people who work the vineyards and cellar; and a chef whose estate hospitality work in Polisot already pairs these bottles with seasonal cooking. It is the kind of lunch that asks you to listen before you assess. Bring one or two questions about farming, lees, vintage expression or service at table. That will serve you better than arriving with a checklist.

Polisot, Marie-Courtin and the Piollot family

Dominique Moreau created Marie Courtin in 2005 in Polisot, in Champagne’s Côte des Bars. La Fête notes that she named the estate after her grandmother, whom she describes as a “woman of the earth.” That phrase is not decorative in this context. Marie-Courtin’s identity begins with farming, then continues through cellar choices that favor specificity over house style.

Moreau farms biodynamically and avoids commercial yeasts in both vin clair and bottle. It also describes Marie-Courtin cuvées as expressions of one grape, one parcel and one vintage. For drinkers accustomed to Champagne as blend and brand, that formulation changes the lens. These wines ask you to think in terms of site, year and structure, closer to the way you might approach a lieu-dit in Burgundy, while still remaining firmly within Champagne’s grammar of pressure, acidity and autolysis.

Rose Piollot brings the Piollot side of Polisot into the lunch. Roland Piollot, Dominique Moreau’s husband, is a fifth-generation winegrower with deep roots in the village. Roland’s great-grandfather was one of the leaders of the 1911 Aube Revolt, the fight that helped secure the Aube’s place within Champagne when its status in the appellation was threatened.

That history matters because the Côte des Bars has spent more than a century insisting on its place in the Champagne conversation. Piollot’s wines, as described by La Fête, are single-vineyard, single-variety cuvées designed to express Polisot terroir. Rose and her sister Jeanne have more recently joined Dominique and Roland, with Rose working in the vineyards and cellar as well as in hospitality. At this lunch, the family story is not background color. It frames the wines in the glass.

Nathan Fallowfield’s menu comes to Mitsuru

Nathan Fallowfield is not being brought in simply to lend a chef’s name to the listing. La Fête describes him as Australia-born, Rose Piollot’s partner, and a chef who has helped create a hospitality experience at the estate in Champagne. That experience pairs Marie-Courtin and Piollot wines with sensitive, highly seasonal food pairings. For October 16, Mitsuru has opened its kitchen to him, and he is scheduled to craft the tasting menu for New York.

The distinction is important. Champagne with food can become predictable when the pairing relies only on brightness, mousse and salt. A more considered lunch asks where the wine sits in the course: whether a young cuvée needs texture, whether an older bottle wants warmth rather than chill, whether Ratafia at the end requires restraint rather than sweetness piled on sweetness. The menu will answer those questions on the day.

Mitsuru’s West Village address gives the occasion a New York frame without making it feel generic. The restaurant is listed at 149 W 4th St, New York, NY 10012. If you join the waitlist or already have a place through La Fête, treat the lunch as the center of the day rather than an appointment to squeeze between tastings. A producer-led meal with mature and current Champagne bottlings rewards an unhurried palate.

The announced Champagne list

The wine list is the reason many serious Champagne drinkers will be watching the waitlist. La Fête gives one necessary caveat: exact wines and vintages are subject to change. As announced, the selection includes Champagne Marie-Courtin Efflorescence 2019 en magnum; Champagne Piollot Colas Robin 2018; Champagne Piollot Colas Robin 2010; Champagne Marie-Courtin Manigance Extra Brut 2021; Champagne Marie-Courtin Manigance Extra Brut 2018; Champagne Marie-Courtin Présence 2022; Champagne Marie-Courtin Présence 2016; Champagne Piollot Les Protelles 2020; Champagne Piollot Les Protelles 2019; Champagne Marie-Courtin Concordance 2020; and Marie-Courtin Ratafia 2020.

Even before the first cork is drawn, the list tells you how the lunch has been conceived. Efflorescence 2019 en magnum brings format into play. A magnum often changes the table’s tempo, especially with Champagne that prizes tension and slow unfurling.

The two Champagne Piollot Colas Robin bottlings, 2018 and 2010, offer a useful vintage contrast within a named cuvée, assuming the final lineup remains as published. That is collector material. You can consider how the same cuvée carries age, how Polisot reads through different growing seasons, and how the producer explains decisions made years apart.

Marie-Courtin Manigance Extra Brut appears in both 2021 and 2018, while Présence appears in 2022 and 2016. Piollot Les Protelles appears in 2020 and 2019. This is not a random prestige pour list. It invites comparison across time, cuvée identity and estate philosophy. Champagne Marie-Courtin Concordance 2020 and Marie-Courtin Ratafia 2020 complete the announced program, with the Ratafia giving the meal a different register at the close.

Booking verdict for collectors and travelers

At $550 plus tax, this lunch works well for guests who value direct producer access and the chance to taste site-focused Champagne with a menu built specifically for the wines. If your interest is simply drinking grower Champagne in New York, there are easier and less expensive ways to spend an afternoon. If you collect Côte des Bars bottles, follow biodynamic Champagne, or want to understand Marie-Courtin and Piollot at table rather than in a shop tasting, the waitlist is worth joining.

The verdict rests on three concrete points: Dominique Moreau and Rose Piollot are named as presenters, Nathan Fallowfield is creating the menu after joining from Champagne, and the announced list includes mature and younger cuvées from both estates, including Efflorescence 2019 en magnum, Colas Robin 2010 and 2018, multiple Marie-Courtin vintage pairings and Ratafia 2020. The venue also suits the scale of the idea. Mitsuru gives the event a focused West Village setting rather than a ballroom gloss.

For those traveling to New York for La Fête du Champagne, keep the practical details close. The lunch takes place at 12:00pm ET on Friday, October 16, 2026, at Mitsuru, 149 W 4th St. The official status is sold out with a waitlist, and exact wines and vintages may change. If a place opens, leave the afternoon unscheduled. A lineup like this is less a tasting flight than a compact visit to Polisot, translated through a New York kitchen.