A fairytale wine-tasting adventure awaits the wine lover touring the Loire Valley as wine-tasting can be enjoyed along with visits to many spectacular historic chateaux sprinkled throughout the region. The Loire Valley is a region of excellent wines. It not as well known as Burgundy or Bordeaux, but also not nearly as expensive. In fact, wine may be one of the last great values in France, given the depressed state of the American dollar. The Loire Valley is France’s last great unrecognized wine region. Some of France’s best winemaking occurs in the Loire though few Americans are aware of it. Even many French are unaware of some of the gems now being produced in the Loire Valley. But wine-bar and wine-shop owners and sommeliers, the wine press from Paris, London, Brussels and Tokyo in the know spend their vacations visiting the Loire Valley. Sancerre and Touraine are excellent crisp whites. Coteau du Layon is like a bargain sauternes, and is perfect with foie gras. Reds range from full-bodied vintage Chinons to light and refreshing Touraine Vouvray is a great white loaded with flavours and layers. Vouvray wines range from dry and tart to medium sweet, and even as a sparkling version. The sweet versions are generally superior to the dry ones. Vouvrays are produced in the picturesque little town of Vouvray alongside the Loire River, the longest and last wild river of Europe and its here that the world’s best Chenin Blanc wines are made. There are two versions of sparkling Vouvray called Vouvray Mousseux and a finer beaded called Vouvray petillant. Sparkling vouvray is elegantly supple and very sexy. Sparkling Vouvray is nothing like champagne. Because of its richness and depth of flavour it is more like a champagne cocktail. Try the Vouvray Petillant, the local take on champagne. White wines of the Loire Valley typically improve with being aged from 5 to 15 years depending upon the vintage and theAOC. Its major white grapes are Chenin Blan, Sauvignon Blan and Muscadet. Each of these grapes are cultivated in other parts of the world, but the Loire Valley establishes the benchmark. A new bottle of French Loire Valley white wine may be good, but a properly aged bottle is even better. No other wine region in France welcomes visitors with such simplicity and warmth. Visit local wineries, or simply enjoy Loire Valley wine at meals. Terrific restaurants abound in the region, with prices half of what you' would expect to pay in Paris. The tourist route around the vineyards of the Loire valley leads wine lovers and beginners alike from cellars to vineyards, offering wine-related discoveries punctuated by visits to imposing chateaux, abbeys, cave dwellings and gardens along the Loire, now classed as part of the world heritage of mankind by Unesco (from Chalonnes-sur-Loire to Sully-sur-Loire). Beyond a doubt France’s most food friendly wines are produced in one of the most gorgeous wine regions of the world, the Loire Valley with incredible castles and a gentle climate. France is heaven for those who like innovative cuisine and quality. Inviting inns offer game, fish and abundant fresh vegetables to be lingered over with light white Vouvray wine, or full-bodied vintage Chinon. Everyone knows French cooking is one of the best in the world if not the best. With more than 365 cheeses, thousands different wine producers, and of course specialties like snails, frogs’ legs, bouillabaisse, pot au feu, boeuf bourguignon ,sea food, fishes and good meat ,foie gras. You can also enjoy a variety of local game from the deep forests of nearby Sologne, and trout or salmon from the region's rivers. Over indulgence is no sin in this rich region.
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A fairytale wine-tasting adventure awaits the wine lover touring the Loire Valley as wine-tasting can be enjoyed along with visits to many spectacular historic chateaux sprinkled throughout the region.
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