Jim's Loire

 (This post was originally published on Les 5 du Vin on 16th May 2023) Jacky in the Taille aux Loups cellars in Husseau – all the wines were fermented in wood During the harvest Jacky was a...

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 (This post was originally published on Les 5 du Vin on Sunday 14th May 2023) I was very sorry to learn overnight (13th-14th May 2023) that Guy Bossard (Domaine de l’Ecu, Pays Nantais) had di...

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September 2014: Catherine at the start of the last vintage     We were very sad to hear late yesterday afternoon that Catherine Roussel, the inspirational owner of the Clos Roche Blanche...

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Magnificent autumn colours from the Quarts de Chaume and way into the distance Also a reminder of how high parts of Q de C are before it plunges down to the Layon Heavily laden Chaum...

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Ivan Massonnat Domaine de Beauséjour, Panzoult October 2010 On Friday 15th October 2021 Ivan Massonnat realised a vinous dream that predates his Belargus project in Anjou when he signed ...

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Les Monts Damnés from Chavignol  Slopes of Monts Damnés – Sancerre in mist in distance  Clos de la Poussie, Bué We were in Sancerre last Wednesday and Thursday checking out...

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Extensive construction at Clos Rougeard 14th October 2021 Above and below       Last Thursday (14.10.21) we went across to Saumur to see how the 2021 vintage was coming along ...

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2021 Cabernet Franc    Last week I made a number of visits to producers to see how the 2021 Loire vintage was coming along. The start of the 2021 Loire harvest was a good couple of we...

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Melon de Bourgogne @Domaine Luneau-Papin   Hod carrier@ Domaine Luneau-Papin   Last Thursday (29th September) we headed to the Pays Nantais to visit a few vigneron in Muscaxdet Sèv...

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Part of Epeigné including the Mairie taken from top of l'Eglise   A little after 18.30 on Monday 27th September 2021 we came back to France, La Loire and Epeigné-les-Bois for the fi...

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  Jacques Puisais with Ivan Massonnat and Jo Pithon (Belargus) 30th March 2019 @ Vincent le Cuisinier with the 1961 le haut Lieu demi-sec Jacques Puisais (born: 8th June 1927 Poitiers ...

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  London: view towards Canary Wharf   Today has been a lovely mid-September's late summer's day with temperatures around 27˚C perfect for a bike ride, especially as this is the second r...

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   Fred @ RSJ Restaurant 2010   A week after Fred died in a ULM crash at Saumur Airport on 31st August I still haven't come to terms with his sudden and shocking death. An article (Déc...

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   Frédéric Mabileau during the 2018 vintage with his prized new foudre   Frédéric Mabileau, one of the most talented Loire producers and a star of Saint-Nicolas-de Bourgueil and...

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   From the 2018 vintage @Domaine Luneau-Papin They start tomorrow    The 2020 Muscadet harvest officially starts tomorrow. The start is very early but not, however, the earliest in ...

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    Vineyards and the wooden winery @Domaine Miolanne We made a morning visit to Domaine Miolanne on our second and last full day in the Côtes d'Auvergne. The evening before in a bistro/...

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Léa Desprat At the end of June I wrote about our morning getting to know Desprat Saint-Verny with Léa Desprat, now it is time to cover the afternoon activities. However, before I do a mentio...

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Jean Candiago with his wife Véronique Following last Sunday's 2nd Round of the Municipal Elections the first meeting of Epeigné-les-Bois new Conseil Municipal was held last evening. ...

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RESULT OF THE 2ND ROUND OF THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS @EPEIGNÉ-LES-BOIS: Ludovic Guillon: 102 votes (56.04%) elected Dominique Hisbergue 80 votes (43.96%) 58.65% of the electorate vot...

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Press release on the appointment of Fabrice Gasnier as the new president of the Syndicat des Vins de Chinon following the end of Francis Jourdan's three year term.    'Elu par les 27...

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Mairie @Epeigné-les-Bois COVID-19 VOTING PRECAUTIONS: Instructions include: all voters must wear masks, clean hands entering and exiting the Salle des Fêtes and no more than three vote...

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Léa Desprat Desprat Saint-Verny winery & shop 2 Route d'Issoire, 63960 Veyre-Monton On our first full day in the Côtes d'Auvergne we spent the day with Léa Desprat, daughter of Pi...

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Stock photo of volcanic eruption at Tungurahua (Ecuador) SOME LOCAL TENSIONS  In common with a number of other French wine regions producers in the Auvergne appear to have problems worki...

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Yvan Bernard outside his caveau in Montpeyroux CRM, Wink Lorch, Lyn Parry and I spent three nights in the Auvergne visiting some producers in a small but an increasingly interesting wi...

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Le Puy de Dôme – the region's icon L'Auvergne en Eruption This week we spent a very interesting and useful three and a half days in the Auvergne visiting producers and getting a be...

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