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Domaine d’Orfeuilles is an estate that has been in the Herivault family for more than 2 centuries.

We’ve had very little rain these past few weeks and lots of sunshine.

In the vineyards, growers are ‘tying down’ – pliage in French. Only vines that have a long cane after pruning can be tied down to the wire.

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?

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.

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.