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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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Festival at Rablay-sur-Layon in the Loire Valley

The Coteaux du Layon – the valley of the River Layon – is known for producing some of the best dessert wines in the Loire Valley. Made from the versatile Chenin Blanc grape affected by noble rot, these can be gloriously complex and aromatic wines.

Since 1994, the village of Rablay-sur-Layon has rallied round

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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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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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