The largest, and one of the coolest, wine regions of France also happens to produce some of the most approachable, easy drinking wines in the world. And they are anything but boring. The wines of the ...

Much like Bordeaux, the Loire Valley was part of the dowry the beautiful, talented and very rich Eleanor of Aquitaine brought to England when she married Henry Plantagenet in the early 12th Century.

Passerelles is an exploration of the wines found along the length of France's longest river—the Loire. Stretching 1000 kilometers (634 miles), the Loire River weaves through one of France's most ...

Writer’s Note – This is the first in a series of articles about wines from France’s Loire Valley. LA BERNERIE-EN-RETZ, FRANCE - You can taste the salt in the air as the strong breeze blows in off the ...

We feel so fortunate to have traveled to many wine-growing regions in Europe. Not only has it been rewarding to soak in the beautiful environment that makes a wine so special, but it has been ...

Stepping into a garden on a sunny, breezy April day brings marvelous pleasures for all the senses. Enjoying crisp, aromatic white wines from the Loire Valley — a vast region known as “The Garden of ...

The middle Loire Valley, the heart of the chateau country of France, long has ranked in my book as the most overlooked wine region of France. This in part is because of its dedication to the chenin ...

It is a late October morning in Vouvray. The blanket of fog from the Loire River is receding, revealing veiled sunlight. The air is crisp, the temperature brisk. A short jaunt up a steep and narrow ...

“Wine was one of the first signs of civilization to appear in the life of human beings…It is in the Bible; it is in Homer, and it shines through all the pages of history, participating in the destiny ...

I’m sure I’m not the only one who, in midwinter, dreams of being transported to France, where I can be found dozing on the banks of a slow-moving river in the shade of a tree, bottle of wine chilling ...