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Paris and Loire Valley Wine Tours and Tasting

combine a stay in Paris with a Loire wine tour!

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Saumur Wine Bar

The Bistrot de la Place in Saumur (49 Maine-et-Loire, Pays de Loire) has a good range of local wines on offer to quaff along with some  excellent home-cooked dishes at reasonable prices. This is an ideal venue in the heart of the attractive town of Saumur to do a bit of research on local vineyards

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Vines, wines and ramblings – Loire Valley

Of you are in the Loire Valley for the weekend of   3-4 September 2011, you can explore the vineyards in a different way,

Vignes, Vins et Randos is an organised series of walks throughout the Loire Valley at various locations from the Atlantic Coast through Muscadet, Anjou, Saumur as far east as Touraine:

Organised hikes

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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

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Fete de la Rose at Doue la Fontaine

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 12-16

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Domaine Leduc-Frouin, Anjou

We met with Madame Leduc early in our wine travels – and more by happenchance than design. Having been thoroughly disgruntled by a Loire negociant who was only interested in selling cheap sweet rose to the English, we found we had time on our hands and an almost forgotten introduction to this vineyard from

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Anjou Saumur Wine Festival

The winemakers of Anjou and Saumur offer to brighten up February with a weekend wine Festival on 23-24 February 2013 at Challonnes-sur-Loire (49 Maine-et-Loire, Val de Loire – see map). This is not be be confused with the Loire Valley Wine Fair in Angers at the end of January, which is a trade event. This

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A Paradise of Flowers at Chateau de Brissac 8-10 April 06

Castle, Flowers, Wine and accommodation at Chateau de Brissac near Angers

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Domaine Leduc-Frouin, Anjou – new website

Domaine Leduc-Frouin, producers of Anjou and Coteaux du Layon wine have a new website.

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