Loire Wine Tours

  So tomorrow its working east from Le Puy Notre Dame into Saumur, Saumur Champigny and thence into Bourgeuil and Chinon. Here's the programme. Cheers. 9.30am Arrive Domaine de L’Enchantoir and tasting with Pierre van den  Boom owner and winemaker. (AOC Saumur Blanc, AOC Saumur Rouge, AOC Saumur Puy Notre Dame. AOC Cabernet de Saumur, […]

  Here is  our programme for the tour tomorrow. We will cover the appellations of Anjou in one day. A great achievement. We start in Savennieres at Domaine aux Moines and Coulee de Serrant both famous domaines for this appellation. More tomorrow. Cheers. Programme for Tuesday 11 September 2012 9.00am Arrive Angers and collect from […]

So today I have been busy arranging the second day of the wine tasting tour with our American guests. Yes now there are two.  Day 2 will cover the Saumur, Saumur Champigny, St Nicholas, Bourgueil, and Chinon appellations. We will start with a Saumur domaine, then travel to Saumur Champigny chateau domaine, then onwards east […]

We will enjoy a visit from a guest arriving on Tuesday from the USA who is reviewing Loire Valley wines for a publication based in San Francisco. We have  prepared an itinerary for our visitor that covers the Loire valley between Angers and Chinon. So here are the appellations we cover for the visit and […]

Well the white picnic has arrived in the Loire valley tonight all thanks to Catharina and Hakan who have arranged a soiree within the bandstand of Loudun, a town not far from Richelieu. We gathered at the appointed place at 7pm in our all white dress (or nearly white with the odd cream and non […]

A wonderful day touring the Anjou and Saumur appellation areas of the Loire valley with some American friends. Tom a relatively old hand at discovering Loire wines and his son Mason a new hand. We had a great day out visiting the Saumur appellation in the morning and the Anjou appellation in the afternoon with […]

Do you know the ins and outs of Anjou sweet wines? Me neither. We visited Chateau de Bellevue today at St Aubin de Luigne which is deeeeeeeeep into sweet wine country. As you ALL know the best sweet wines come from the Loire Valley mostly along the Layon valley. St Aubin is in the upper […]

An evening soiree was had with four guests on the terrace of Manoir de Gourin. A great evening which started with a tasting of the wines for the evening. A dry Rose de Loire, a dry Chenin blanc Saumur and a fresh and fruity rouge from Saumur. How about that for an evening of wine […]

  There is an appellation in the Loire valley called Montlouis just east of Tours in Central Loire. Its not well known to me but I found a lovely Chenin Sec 2005 that has developed into a sublime luxourious concoction of marmalady coteaux chenin but from a dry wine. What a wonder. Its certainly a […]