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600th Anniversary of King René, Duke of Anjou

[ January 16, 2009 to December 31, 2009. ]

Throughout 2009 the Chateau d’Angers (49 Maine-et-Loire) in the heart of the Loire Valley, celebrates the 600th Anniversary of King René, Duke of Anjou and “Knight of the Arts” who was born there on 16 January 1409.
Ten sites in the province of Anjou invite you to celebrate this 600th anniversary through a wide range of

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January 11th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: 49 Maine-et-Loire, France Events | Leave a comment

Laval celebrates Christmas 29 Nov 08 – 05 Jan 09

[ November 29, 2008 to January 5, 2009. ] The town of Laval (53 Mayenne, Pays de la Loire) celebrates the festive season with a Christmas market in Square de Boston, so named to celebrate Laval’s twinning with Boston in Lincolnshire UK, and Boston is also the guest of honour for this year!
Held over 4 days (11-14 December 2008) from morning to night the

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December 11th, 2008 | Tags: | Category: 53 Mayenne, Christmas Market, France Events | Leave a comment

Get a taste of the Grape Harvest in the Loire!

[ September 27, 2008; October 11, 2008; ]
The annual grape harvest is always an exciting time in the vineyard, but also an anxious time, full of hard work to get the grapes picked in their optimum condition and then managing the vagaries of the fermentation process. It is also a time when visitors are not generally welcome – there being too much

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August 31st, 2008 | Category: 49 Maine-et-Loire, France Events, FrenchFood, Loire Valley /Centre Wines | Leave a comment

Loire Valley Wine route – free map and guide

There’s a new free map and guide available from InterLoire (the official wine body for the region) to the vineyards of the Loire Valley available to download and in English:-
The light glistening on the river and its tributaries is a wonderful sight. The cellars carved into white limestone, magical châteaux, magnificent gardens, hillsides covered in

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August 20th, 2008 | Tags: , | Category: 44 Loire Atlantique, 45 Loiret, 49 Maine-et-Loire, Anjou, Bourgeuil, Cheverny/Cour-Cheverny, Chinon AOC, Coteaux du Layon, Muscadet, Pays de la Loire, Roads/Autoroutes, Saumur, Touraine, Vineyards, Vouvray, Winemakers | Leave a comment

Fete de la Rose at Doue la Fontaine July 08

[ July 11, 2008; July 12, 2008; July 13, 2008; July 14, 2008; July 15, 2008; ] Doué-la-Fontaine (49 Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire), south of Angers, self-styles itself as “the Rose Garden of France!” and also claims to be the largest rose production area in the whole of Europe cultivating more than 7 million roses annually.! The town celebrates this with its Journées de la Rose (Rose Days) Festival from

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June 16th, 2008 | Tags: , | Category: 49 Maine-et-Loire, Anjou, France, France Events, Gardens | Leave a comment

Omelette and Wine Festival at Beaulieu sur Layon

[ August 2, 2008; August 3, 2008; ] Reminiscent of Elizabeth David’s very readable book An Omelette and a Glass of Wine (Cook’s Classic Library) about France and cooking, Beaulieu-sur-Layon (49 maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire) holds its Omelette Festival (Foire a l’Omelette) alongside a Wine Fair with wines from the Anjou, Bordeaux, Champagne and elsewhere on the weekend of 2-3 August 2008

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June 11th, 2008 | Category: 49 Maine-et-Loire, France Events | Leave a comment
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