Wine Tour Season starts for 2018
- by Micaela Frow
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- 28 Mar, 2018
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Let the wine tasting commence...
After a cold and wet start to March we were so lucky to have a sunny and well...almost warm day for our first Loire wine tour of the season. A lovely group from Seattle USA had the opportunity to taste the biodynamic wines from Domaine de la Paleine close by to La Grande Maison.
After a delicious fireside picnic in front of the woodburner we then headed out into the Anjou appellation for a meet up in the vineyards with Gilles Bigot winemaker at Chateau de Fesles before tasting some of his Bonnezeaux, a late harvest Chenin Blanc.
Later in Brissac Quincé, Christophe Daviau was in top form at Domaine de Bablut and delighted that one of his sons will soon be joining him in the winery. Well the winery has been in the family since 1546 so it would be a shame to break with tradition.
After a delicious fireside picnic in front of the woodburner we then headed out into the Anjou appellation for a meet up in the vineyards with Gilles Bigot winemaker at Chateau de Fesles before tasting some of his Bonnezeaux, a late harvest Chenin Blanc.
Later in Brissac Quincé, Christophe Daviau was in top form at Domaine de Bablut and delighted that one of his sons will soon be joining him in the winery. Well the winery has been in the family since 1546 so it would be a shame to break with tradition.
Passionate about antiques and vintage items then a few days break away in the Loire Valley is the perfect escape for you? La Grande Maison d’Arthenay is your home for the weekend. It is charmingly decorated in a rustic chic style with items of brocante and antiques. Surrounded by vineyards with it’s own private walled gardens the house offers comfortably appointed bedrooms. Brocantes each Sunday in Montreuil Bellay, Montsoreau, Chinon or Saumur on a monthly cycle
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