Chinon The vineyards of Chinon are primarily planted along the steep slopes of the River Vienne, with soils that are mostly gravel over Turonian limestone. Only 2-3% of the grapes […]
Month: October 2021
Tours and the Loire
It was a bit of a mission to get from Bourgogne and Chalon-sur-Saône across central France to the Loire Valley: the main high-speed train routes fan out from Paris and […]
Bike Ride in the Loire Valley
We had not been bikes for a long time but on Tuesday we did. Mom didn’t go because she was out wine tasting. The first thing we ran into was […]
Pony Riding in France
I woke up on Tuesday morning not knowing that I was going horse riding! We hopped on the tram to go rent bikes and ride on the path to the […]
Bourgogne and Chalon-sur-Saône
A trip to Burgundy has always been on my bucket list, and while our timing wasn’t perfect – it was a later vintage than usual so all of the small […]