2015 Salon des Vins de Loire: Tuesday 3rd February (part 2 – Villebois)

A selection of photos of the principal people in Villebois 

 Tom – an important investor in Villebois  

(above and below)

 Joost de Willebois, general manager

(above and below)

 Thierry Merlet, the winemaker

(above and below)

2015 Salon des Vins de Loire: Tuesday 3rd February (Part 1)

Bertrand Minchin, Domaines Minchin 

A few photos from Day Two of the 2015 Salon des Vins de Loire with some comments to add.

 Domaines Minchin

 Patricia @Lamé Delisle Boucard, Bourgueil

 Stephanie @Lamé Delisle Boucard, Bourgueil

 Cyril Robert and Catherine Médard (Vignoble Alain Robert, Vouvray)

Thierry Germain, Domaine des Roches Neuves 

(Saumur and Saumur-Champigny)

Edouard Pisani-Ferry, Château de Targé (Saumur, 

Saumur-Champigny, Coteaux de Saumur)

(above and below)

Bourgueil meets Savennières: Pierre Breton (Domaine Breton – Bourgueil and Chinon) 

and Evelyne de Pontbriand 

 (Domaine du Closel, Château des Vaults – Savennières, Anjou)

Twinned with Juchepie

Toasting the jumelage with one of Eddy's excellent Layons

 

As of yesterday Jim's Loire is now officially twinned with Domaine de Juchepie of Faye d'Anjou in the Layon Valley. The twinning was announced by Jim and Eddy wearing the same shirt – one of a series from the New Orléans Jazz Festival. 

There were some observers that thought this was entirely a coincidence – that Eddy was looking to compete shirt-wise. Actually not the case at all as Eddy bought his shirt at the auction at the end of the 2014 Bourgueillothérapie as Ludo Ragot had asked me to donate a shirt for charity. I made sure we bought two shirts – one for the auction and the other for me to wear. Then on Sunday at the Renaissance tasting Eddy and I agreed the day that we would both wear the umbrella shirts at the Salon.  

Eddy modelling the shirt 

September 2014: Eddy at 2014 Bourgueillothérapie 
just after he had bought the shirt at the auction