Tagged with "Loire wine tastings"

If you’re a foodie then you’ll find it as hard as I do to drive past Terre Exotique in Rochecorbon, one of the Vouvray villages close to Tours.

Like most growers in Touraine, Sauvignon Blanc makes up the majority of plantings but they’ve also planted a new variety called Floréal.

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

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?

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.

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.

We popped over to see Arnaud Lambert last week for a long overdue catch up and tasting. Arnaud’s wines are some of our favourites from Saumur.

It seems like we’ve been in a bit of a vacuum these past two years and opportunities to taste with our favourite producers have been limited.

You all know we’re huge fans of Muscadet. Lean fresh whites that are perfect with fish, seafood and of course the ultimate match to oysters.

Happy New Year! May 2022 be a better year for us all (crossing fingers, toes and frankly anything else that can be crossed).