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Wine Education – Altesse
It’s always lovely to make a new wine discovery and this week we did just that. Altesse is a local white grape variety found in Savoie.
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Life in the Loire after lock-down. Weekly update. 4th October 2020.
Sad news from Noizay this week. Those of you who read my daily blog during the lockdown will remember we had a litte mouse called Maurice.
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Food & wine matching – artichokes
Artichokes are notoriously difficult to pair with wine. Why is that?
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Life in the Loire after lock-down. Weekly update. 27 September 2020.
While the action here in Vouvray has transferred from the vineyard to the cellar, the secateurs have still been snipping away in the Loire.
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Pinot Noir from Domaine de Maltaverne
You may be familiar with Pouilly Fumé, a small village close to Sancerre on the other side of the river.
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Life in the Loire after lock-down. Weekly update. 20 September.
Harvest continued this week at Domaine Carême. On Monday the grapes for Fizzy Pink came in under blue skies with hot temperatures.
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Recipes from Le Tasting Room’s kitchen – roasted peppers with squash and Feta
A lovely change from the classic stuffed peppers, this recipe takes advantage of the autumn squashes that are just coming into season.
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Loire valley grape varieties – Grolleau
Grolleau is a lesser known Loire valley grape variety. It has big juicy berries, much bigger than those you might find on Cabernet Franc.
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Life in the Loire after lock-down. Weekly update. 13 September.
This week has been a whirlwind of hot days and happy pickers sweeping from one plot to another, bringing in the grapes for the 2020 vintage.
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Life in the Loire after lock-down. Weekly update. 6th September 2020.
The week started with very sad news. The sudden death of Frederic Mabileau, reknowned top quality winemaker in St Nicolas de Bourgueil.
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We’re off. The 2020 harvest in Vouvray has begun.
The official go-ahead for harvest in the Vouvray appellation has been given but several growers requested permission to start a little earlier
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Life in the Loire after lock-down. Weekly update. 30th August 2020.
This week seems to have been a week of eating and drinking. Well no change there you might say. And you’d be right to a certain extent.