Loire wine travel guide

An elegant chambre d'hôtes on a wine estate south of Saumur, where Sarah-Jane and Gérald give you a warm welcome in their historic property. The estate is in the charming village of Distré, surrounded…

As soon as you arrive you notice you're on a real farm: no brand-new chai, no showy tasting room. Marc welcomes you in his work clothes with a broad smile. Visits are by appointment only, and sometime…

On the south bank of the Loire, opposite Vouvray, Xavier Weisskopf makes Chenin Blanc that wine lovers increasingly mention in the same breath as the greats of Vouvray, but at a fraction of the price.…

In a side street of the small village of Gétigné, a few minutes from Clisson and half an hour from Nantes, chef Jean-René Pelletier has built something that draws more and more wine lovers from the re…

A traditional family restaurant in a farmhouse in the middle of Menetou-Salon. Time has stood still here, in a good way! This is where you order classics like pike in cream sauce or chicken with tarra…

On the central square of Montlouis-sur-Loire, in a lovely building with tufa walls and a terrace, Patricia and Hervé Chardonneau, former owners of the much-loved Casse-Cailloux in Tours, run a bistro …

Right on the Quai Albert Baillet, along the Loire, winemaker François Chidaine has set up his own wine shop, and it's just as special as his wines. As well as the complete Domaine Chidaine portfolio, …

In the east of Nantes, Hedi Abdelkafi has opened something that exists nowhere else in the world: a place entirely devoted to Muscadet. Wine shop, wine bar and restaurant in one. You can book an "expe…

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