Crémant de Loire – Créme de la Créme of Fizz: I’m a big fan of Crémant de Loire. Love at first sip, it was the first sparkling wine I ever tasted, on a camping holiday in the Loire Valley when I was about ten. I’ve always found that a good Crémant has plenty of benefits, not only […]
#LoireMoments at London Wine Week – Cigalon
Cigalon Dinner with Loire Valley Wines: I have a soft spot for the Loire Valley. It’s probably the first place where I tasted wine – on a family camping holiday in my childhood. With limited funds, my parents made the brave and, at the time unusual, decision that we would camp rather than stay in […]
Loire Valley Trip
Vines, Wines and Yet More Food! We started the afternoon of the second day of our Press Trip in the Loire with a great lunch at La Croisette overlooking the river. The food here was not as spectacular as some of our other meals but it was a delight to sample the local pike in […]
La Table de la Bergerie
La Table de la Bergerie – Dinner in a Vineyard: Of all the meals we ate on the recent press trip to Angers, this was much my favourite. Now, apart from the obvious amusement on my part at the joy of my companions on the setting (we were, literally, in a small building on the […]
Mets et Vins Plaisirs, Angers
Well, how perfect. The name of this restaurant in Angers translates to ‘Food and Wine Pleasures’. And the objective of the restaurant is to ensure that there are wines to match the food that you are served. With over 300 wines to choose from, including a large number from local producers, our group had no […]