From Muscadet to Chinon to Sancerre, this Loire Valley wine tasting shows off the region’s diversity, energy and talent – not to mention value! The team at Terra Vita Vinum, pictured above, produced two of the wines that most impressed Andy.
At 1,012 km (629 miles), the Loire is France’s longest river, running from the heights of the southern Cevennes in the Massif Central to the Atlantic Coast close to Nantes. The Loire Valley is host to some of France’s best known wine names (Sancerre, Muscadet) as well as many which have substantially less popular exposure – Jasnières, Cheverny, Reuilly...