Yannick Heude lives in St. Malo, about as far away from a wine region in France as you can get. But he’s a serious wine lover who also owns a wine…
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This may come as a surprise: Lebanon is a serious wine making country. It came as a surprise to me but several years ago I attended a trade tasting sponsored…
We just finished our outstanding tour of the Loire Valley wine country and came away with a much better appreciation of the high quality of the wines from one end…
Castles of the Loire A visit to the Loire Valley always includes castles because there are hundreds from one end to the other. This used to be the playground of…
Today we move to Nantes to meet up with our river cruise but not before stopping in Saumur for a tasting of sparkling wines at Gratien and Meyer. This large…
The beauty of a river cruise is that you unpack once because the boat is your hotel for 8 days. We’ve planned special private excursions to wineries but have also…
Chateau du Petit Thouars We were greeted at the Chateau by Sebastien du Petit Thouars who inherited the title of Count from his father. We last visited this estate when…
Our first visit Saturday was to the Marc Brédif winery, located in vast troglodyte caves that date back to the 10th century. There are over 2 kilometers of galleries where…
I’m proud of the tours we’ve organized to destinations that were not on the radar screen of most wine lovers. Everybody has heard about Tuscany, Burgundy, Rhine not to mention…
Bringing back wines from our tours to share with fellow wine lovers is as much of a challenge as it is a passion. I bring back wines that are rare…
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