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Recipes for Christmas – mince pies
For us Brits, Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without mince pies. Perceived as something rather strange by the French that doesn’t deter me!
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Wine tasting on a Sunday in the Loire – Chateau des Vaults
Ok, so you’re staying in Angers in the Loire and you love wine and you think ‘right, it’s Sunday tomorrow, let’s go wine tasting’.
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Château de Bois Brinçon
We caught up with Xavier and Geraldine Cailleau at the Levée de la Loire a few weeks ago and tasted through their interesting range of wines. It’s always nice to have what I describe as ‘off-beat’ wines and Bois Brinçon has several little gems that are particularly interesting to the wine enthusiast.
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Pithon-Paillé
2016 turned out to be a very tricky year for them with miniscule yeilds of around 6hl/ha.
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La Renaissance des Appellations – Domaine de Juchepie
Layers and layers of exotic aromas from macerated raisins and caramel to black tea, ginger and spice. A truly delightful wine. How anyone can say they don’t like sweet wine I don’t know.
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Getting a grip on the 2016 vintage
Tomorrow starts a crazy few days of wine tasting here in the Loire valley.
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Pruning in the Loire valley
Pruning in the Loire valley
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What is bâtonnage?
Bâttonage is the French word for stirring the ‘lees’
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Loire Wine Tour, Ecolodge & Spa
New for 2017 we have teamed up with Ecolodges de Loire & Spa to offer you a short stay in the heart of the beautiful Anjou countryside after a day of Loire Wine Discovery
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Things to do in the Loire valley. Hot air ballooning.
If you’ve never been up in a hot air balloon, I can wholeheartedly suggest you give it try in the Loire valley.
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10 Things to do in the Loire valley for foodies
The perfect place for food and wine lovers, the Loire valley has some amazing local products to try.
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10 Things to do in the Loire valley that you might not have thought of
Looking for a few ideas for things to do in the Loire valley?
