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We had a walk around the Vouvray vineyards this morning to take a look at potential frost damage.

We had a wonderful day yesterday with Dana & Carlo from Minnesota. A day spent exchanging news & views on food, wine & life.

A fine meringue case encasing slowly roasted new season’s strawberries from Plougastel, a vanilla cream and a tart rhubarb sauce.

Do you know the difference between passerillage & botrytis? Sweet wines can be made with grapes affected by both. But what’s the difference?

They say that about houses don’t they? Location, location location! And it’s the same with vines.

I’ve always been more intruiged by off-beat wines and quirky grape varieties than big money wines. A grape variety I’ve never heard of.

This weekend saw the return of the Loire tasting events that mark the annual calendar after nearly 2 years of absence.

A family favourite that I’ll often make for a birthday or celebration, this is my take on a recipe that might otherwise take a lot more time.

Inspired by a wonderful evening at Chez Marcel in Paris where I ate a version of this recipe, I decided to make it at home this weekend.

Domaine de Rochelles is a family run estate based in Saint Jean des Mauvrets, about 10 minutes from Angers.

It’s a while since we were in Anjou so it was a pleasure to drop in on Antoine and Nathalie Leduc of Leduc-Frouin last week.

I’m always a bit mystified when people tell me they don’t like ‘sweet wine’. They eat dessert, they love chocolate, they adore ice cream.