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Category Archives: Loire
There’s a Cure for the Saumur Wine Blues
…And I’ll get to it at the end. In the meantime, no spoilers. No cheating. No peeking, no snooping, no shaking the box beneath the Christmas tree under penalty of a bitch-slap. I have had a pathological aversion to spoilers ever since … Continue reading
Posted in Cabernet Franc, FRANCE, Loire
Tagged cabernet franc, Chris Kassel, Saumur-Champigny, Thierry Germain
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Idiart Savant
Nicolas Idiart has one of those strikingly handsome, masculine faces that makes even straight guys sit up and take notice, then recalculate our own sad position on that irrelevant ladder of total relevance, realizing that we’ve just moved down another … Continue reading
Posted in Loire
Tagged Loire wine, Maison Idiart, Muscadet, Nicolas Idiart, Sancerre
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A Long Languid Lope Down The Loire
Part I: How White is My Valley? The wild Loire is the longest river in France, and its associated winemaking ward covers a whoppin’ 185,000 acres. Originating in the deep south—virtually in the Rhône appellation—it scrambles up through Orléans (Jeanne … Continue reading
Posted in Loire, Melon de Bourgogne, Sauvignon Blanc
Tagged Chinon, Loire wines, melon de bourgogne, Muscadet, Nicolas Joly, sauvignon blanc, Vouvray, wines of Loire
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What’s So Great About France, Vintage 2009?
In the first place, ‘vintage year’ is whatever the opposite of oxymoronic is, since technically, every year is a vintage year. In Oporto, however, certain vintages may be ‘declared’—meaning that, in the spring of the second year following the harvest, … Continue reading
Posted in Bordeaux, Burgundy, FRANCE, GENERAL, Loire, Rhône
Tagged France Vintage 2009, Frank J. Prial, Pierre Vincent, Walking Dead
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The Upper Loire: How White Was My Valley?
How white? Apartheid white. Pillsbury Doughboy white. University of Mississippi, pre-1962 before-the-fire-hoses white. White enough to say to Johnny Winter, ‘Nice tan, dude’… I’m talking about the wine. The wild Loire is the longest river in France, and the associated … Continue reading
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