Salon des Vins du Coin: December 6th-7th

December 6th & 7th (10am-7pm) Chitenay (near Blois)

see mapFor both professionnals and the public - entry fee: 3 Euros
Chitenay is 13k from Blois, 25k from Montrichard,
36k from Amboise

Cave at Le Briseau – Jasnières and Coteaux du Loir

'4th edition of a very enriching wine tasting event where you can also buy directly the wines from the vignerons. Held in a different village of the Loire every year, it gathers some of the best artisan vintners of the Loire sharing a real-wine approach, many of them being featured on Wineterroirs.'

Producers featured are: Bruno Allion (Domaine de Pontcher), Béatrice et Michel Augé (Domaine des Maisons Brûlées), Mikaël Bouges, Alain Courtault, Joël Courtault (Domaine de Bel-Air), Christophe Foucher (Domaine de la Lunotte), Nathalie Gaubicher et Christian Chaussard – (Domaine Le Briseau, Renaud Guettier (La Grapperie), Emile Heredia (Domaine de Montrieux), Olivier Lemasson (Les Vins Contés), Junko Araï (Domaine des Bois Lucas), Pascal Potaire (Les Capriades), Jean Marie et Thierry Puzelat (Clos du Tue Boeuf), Sylviane et Michel Quenioux (Domaine de Veilloux), Jean-Pierre Robinot (Les Vignes de l’Ange Vin), Catherine Roussel et Didier Barrouillet (Clos Roche Blanche), Jérôme Sauvète (Domaine Sauvète), Pascal Simonutti (Le Pré Noir), Philippe Tessier (Domaine Philippe Tessier), Isabelle et Hervé Villemade (Domaine du Moulin).

Didier Barrouillet (Clos Roche Blanche)

Details taken from
Wine Terroirs – posting includes a magic photo of Pierre Breton and Nicolas Joly toting cigars.
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YouTube: 2006 edition at Varaire: footage includes Thierry Puzelat and Christian Chaussard translated into Japanese.

Looks well worth a visit if you are in the area. Sadly not possible for me this year.