VinaViva 2014: some photos from April 5th tasting

Two of the organisers 

VinaViva is an annual tasting put on by an organisation at Saint-Etienne de Chigny, a village on the north bank of the Loire between Tours and Langeais.

 

 Putting theory into practice

 Brendan Tracey (Vendômois): "Of course I'm a big fan of the Ramones!"

Claude Aupetitgendre: Montlouis and Touraine

Géraldine Pialoux from the Roannaise

Marie Thibault-Cabrit: Azay-le-Rideau

 Matthieu Coste: Coteaux du Giennoise (above and below)

 Pascal Pibaleau: Azay-le-Rideau

Vincent Chauvelot: Châteaumeillant

The 2015 edition of VinaViva will be on 28th and 29th March 2015.

Some good reads

One of the galeries in the cellars of Langlois-Chateau

Firstly a piece from Chris Kissack on a tasting of Vins Clairs at Langlois-Chateau at the beginning of February – a soirée during this year's Salon des Vins de Loire.

Then a couple of recent pieces from Bertrand Celce's wine terroir site – one on Mathieu Coste in the Coteaux du Giennois and one on Jacky Blot's Domaine de la Butte in Bourgueil. 

To finish there is an excellent and detailed blog on the construction of the new tramway in Tours. Called un tram pour Tours it is written by 19 year old Arnoul Maffre. Article on him here.