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Put the date in your diaries. The next Zoom tasting in on Saturday 24th July at 8pm French time.

So, this weekend I was that woman in the supermarket that you try not to make eye contact with. The one trying to sell you something.

Following our lively Zoom tasting on Saturday, I wanted to share my thoughts on two of the wines that I tasted during our session.

Tiny little goat’s cheeses that ressemble a cork – Les Bouchons de Sancerre.

Cup of tea in hand, we hear activity outside the gate. Good news. It’s our wood that should have been delivered on Monday.

You’ve probably heard of Rosé d’Anjou. You might have tried a rosé from Chinon. But – have you ever heard of Touraine Noble Joué?

So, we come downstairs, feed the cat who has just wailed to be let in, make a cup of tea, cats wails to be let out again, we let her out again and she races across the grass like lightening.

Squirrels are cute aren’t they? Especially the sweet little red ones that we find here in the Loire with their bushy tails, acrobatically leaping about.

It can be tricky to find good restaurants in areas that receive a lot of tourists. It pays to leave the main tourist drag and explore the local villages.

Today, when I observe a wine and it isn’t strictly clear and bright I’m more likely to as myself a series of different questions.  Is this a natural wine? Is this an organic wine? Is this a wine that has not been fined or filtered?

An article this morning that I reposted made me think that I would write a few words of my own about the growing number of ‘natural’ sparkling wines on the market today

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.