Auvergne trip: Le Puy de Dôme

 In the background Le Puy de Dôme 

– region's most dominant feature

CRM, Wink Lorch, Lyn Parry and I are spending three nights in the Auvergne visiting some producers in an increasingly interesting wine region. We started on Wednesday afternoon with a very good visit to Yvan Bernard in Montpeyroux and today spent the whole and very full day with Léa Desprat discovering the various aspects of Desprat Saint Verny including visiting some of the vineyards belong to their associates. 

More details and posts to follow. 

 

2013 La Dive Bouteille@Château de Brézé - named producers

 Antoine Foucault (Domaine du Collier)

Photos of Loire producers who presented their wines@the 2013 edition of La Dive Bouteille held in the cellars of Château de Brézé – taken on 3rd February 2013. 

 Caroline Boireau (Domaine du Collier)

above and below

 Antoine Sanzay

Bertrand Jousset (Domaine Jousset, Montlouis)

Frantz Saumon

(Montlouis et un saumon dans la Loire)

Gérald Marula – Beaumont-en-Véron and Lerné

above and below

Jean Maupertuis, Auvergne 

Matthieu Cosme, Vouvray

Pascal Potaire, Faverolles-sur-Cher

Romain Guiberteau, Saumur

above and below

Sébastien Brunet, Vouvray

Thierry Germain, Domaine de Roches Neuves