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Chenonceaux 2017 Revisited

By Dr. Helen Savage
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October 4, 2017

Chenonceaux 2017 – Revisited 2017 will be remembered in too many parts of France for the severe late April frosts that slashed yields and dashed hopes of a successful season. The western Loire escaped relatively lightly, Touraine was more cruelly exposed to the wide plume of icy Scandinavian air...
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Langlois-Chateau – the “Bollinger of the Loire”

By Dr. Gareth Morgan
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July 24, 2017

The town of Saumur, sited directly on the Loire, is the leading centre for the traditional method sparkling wines of the Loire region – some of it under the classic appellation of Saumur Mousseau, but increasingly under the more demanding appellation of Crémant de Loire (which requires lower yields, and...
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Chateau de Bellevue Loire Visit July 2017

By Sarah Rowlands
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July 24, 2017

Kindly arranged by Interloire with Helen Savage Bellevue lies south of the main Loire river and south of Angers within the heart of the region’s gentle topography. Francois Bardel escorted us around the Chateau showing us the Bellevue over the Chaume. He has worked there for five...
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