Loire Wine Tours

Jim has decided to put a pic of me on his blog calling me the elder brother of George Clooney. What cheek! It was an error. Its the younger brother if you don’t mind Jim. Have a look and see for yourself. It can’t be true. I ceetainly look younger don’t I? Anyway thanks Jim. Also I […]

  Yes yesterday was a busy day and we had a great number of visitors to table 13 yes 13 but not unlucky for us if we are able to develop the interest of our visitors. Most of those who tasted were importers looking to find a fine quality wine from the Loire valley. Its […]

A very busy day today at the wine fair. The nursery pavillion at Lords cricket ground was heaving with all manner of buyers from importers, wine merchants, press, consultants, hotels, restaurants, etc etc. We even had Jim of blog fame come alomg to taste the wines of Chateau de Chaintres. I hope he will put a […]

Tomorrow I’m off to the big city of London to the Independent Winegrowers Fair at Lords cricket ground in Marylebone. This is a yearly event organised by the Vigneron Independant organisation in France whose philosophy is about authenticity and traceability of the wine. So a member of the organisation will cultivate his wines, harvest his grapes, […]

So after the tasting of the pinks, we moved on to the Anjou blanc appellation tasting from the vat. 2011 had a very early spring with some very warm weather so the vines matured quickly and we had an early flowering and then veraison so, even with a wet period in August, we had an […]

We talked yesterday about the chardonnay and sauvignon vin de pays. The Chardonnay has finished fermenting and we tasted from the stainless steel vats. The wine has already taken on a classic finish of white flowers. The wine will be left in the cold vats over the winter  to allow the tartrates to deposit in […]

Hubert Deffois the winemaker at Brossay looks after 40 odd hectares of vines in the anjou appellation area near Neuilly sur Layon.  The Layon is a tributory of the magestic Loire river and its claim to fame is the sublime sweet wines made from the chenin grapes when they have developed the noble rot. Hubert […]

A curious heading you may think but one that is essential with wine producers if they are to make a quality wine. Amongst all the many issues and matters involved in making wine the most important in my book is the quality of the berries on the vine and how that quality is achieved. If […]

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