Tagged with "Loire wine tours"

It’s easy to see the effects of climate change here in the Loire valley. Over the past 20 years we’ve had more heat and more frost.

A delicious Swiss cheese made from raw milk, Marechal is one our favourites.

Yes, it’s that time of year! As we approach Christmas, traditionally domaines open their doors and welcome private customers to taste & buy.

This week in France it’s all about Beaujolais Nouveau (new Beaujolais). The official date was yesterday and I popped out to buy a bottle.

When we talk all things Muscadet and the region close to the sea at Nantes, there’s only one grape variety that springs to mind.

It seems pertinent (as we countdown to Beaujolais Nouveau) to talk a bit about Gamay. It’s famous in Beaujolais but also grown in the Loire.

You walk into a winery and the sound of fermentation fills your ears as the barrels bubble away turning ripe grape juice into wine.

Yesterday we went to see Arnaud Herivault of Domaine d’Orfeuilles in the Vouvray appellation. He was preparing preparation 501.

Walk into any cellar in the Loire valley during harvest time and the chances are you’ll see wooden barrels with lots of chalk scribbles on the side.

All systems go here in the Vouvray appellation today as the 2021 harvest kicks off.

14 months has passed. Yes, 14 months since we last had the pleasure of welcoming guests into our home, our tasting room.

Well, here’s an unusual cheese for you. Lou Claousou – a raw sheep’s milk cheese from the Occitanie region in the south of France.