Highlights: the first evening in Sancerre begins with two great bottles
I’m in the Centre Loire region of France for a few days, beginning in Sancerre. Arriving quite late, there was
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Highlights: Frédéric Mabileau Les Roullères 2019 Saint-Nicholas-de-Bourgeuil
Really impressed by this Loire Cabernet Franc, which delivers a lot of pleasure without costing a fortune. Frédéric Mabileau Les
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Highlights: Le Clos Baudoin Aigle Blanc ‘Vin de Tris’ 1989 Vouvray, France
I bought this bottle years ago from a wine shop in South Kensington called La Vigneronne (now Handford Wines occupy
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Highlights: Thierry Germain Clos de L’Echelier 2019 Saumur Champigny
This is impressive: it’s a varietal Cabernet Franc from a 2.5 hectare clos, surrounded by a 300 year old wall.
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Highlights: Catherine & Pierre Breton Vouvray Demi-Sec 1989
On Tuesday I popped into the Sourcing Table to taste through some wines and discuss content for the website with
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Loire red review: 13 wines from Saint Nicolas de Bourgeuil
In the third and final write-up of my recent deep dive into the red wines of the Loire, I’m focusing
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Loire red review: 9 wines from Chinon
This is the third part of my series on the red wines of the Loire. These wines – all from
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Red wines from the Loire – a spotlight on an exciting category
I’ve recently been tasting through red wines from the Loire, and I’ve been really excited by what I found. In
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Loire red review: Touraine, with notes on 22 wines
This is the second part in my series on the red wines from the Loire. From this tasting, there’s no
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Highlights: Domaine Bonnigal-Bodet Chenin ‘Le Clocher’ 2018 Touraine Amboise, Loire
Domaine Bonnigal-Bodet is Jean Baptiste Bonnigal and Stéphane Bodet, who jointly took over Bonnigal’s fourth-generation family domaine in Amboise together
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