In and Out in Angers

A garden hut near the Greniers Saint-Jean

Il a faire la fête hier soir!

(above and below)

Vrai Renaissance! A visit from John the Baptist 

in the guise of Marc Guillemot-Michel?

 Contains Sulfites mais... Pascal Lambert (Chinon) takes the test...!

Millésime Bio: photos from First Day (27th January 2014)

Entrance to Millésime Bio@Montpellier 

 Inside Hall B2 - one of the three halls now used

Gilles Bonnefoy, Domaine de la Madone, Côtes de Forez

His 2013 Gamays are impressively good.

Unfortunately hit by hail in early August but autumn very dry

Thierry Amirault, Domaine des Quarterons – demonstrating

his green credentials by sporting an exotic headware!

+ a range of impressive 2012s

 Pascal Lambert, Chinon – above and below

 

 Loïc Mahé (Savennières) and his son (also below)

 Hilkka Chartier with Château de la Minière, Bourgueil

 Michel Bedouet and his wife, Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine

Frédéric Sigonneau, producer of fine Chinon 

(above and below)

 Adnams stalwarts: Alastair Marshall (above) and Robert Chase 

(looking very quizzically at a bottle)
Long-time fans of this fair, they were amongst the few UK merchants Present

La Cave Voltaire, Chinon

La Cave Voltaire 

On Friday we were taken to the La Cave Voltaire in the centre of Chinon. It doubles as a wine shop and café, with the accent firmly on organic and natural wine from Chinon and the neighbouring appellations. Run by former sommelier Patrice Claire, you can also have carefully selected and delicious plates of charcuterie and cheese. We tried a couple of fine and rich white 2010 Chinons from Château de Coulaine and Pascal Lambert. 

Definitely recommended as a good place to buy interesting local wines as well as have a light, unhurried snack.    

 'Ici, les papilles (taste buds) font de la résistance'

Mme Bacchus

Bacchus 

 

View from La Cave Voltaire

 

La Cave Voltaire
13 Rue Voltaire, 37500 Chinon 
Tel: 02.47.93.37.68