Wine Wanderings: Visit to Joguet
By Jeff Patten
Charles Joguet is the domaine that put Chinon on the map. Joguet liked Burgundy, especially how each itty bitty plot of land seemed to make distinct wine from its specific terroir. ...
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Wine Wanderings: Loire Valley Day 3 (Continued) (Again)
By Jeff Patten
It was a great appointment with Philippe Foreau – 90 minutes longer than he had slotted us in for – and so we were late to an embarrassing degree for...
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Wine Wanderings: Loire Valley Day 3 (Continued)
By Jeff Patten
After Huet we just had time to squeeze in lunch at la Geule Noire, a nice farm-to-table in a cave carved out of tuffeau stone where the chef attempts to...
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Wine Wanderings: Loire Valley Day 3
By Jeff Patten
Day 3 would turn out to be our longest day, and the five hours of sleep after numerous bottles of wine was not ideal preparation. Still, we managed to pile...
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Wine Wanderings: Loire Valley Day 2 (Continued)
By Jeff Patten
We drove straight from Marc Deschamp’s domaine in Pouilly-sur-Loire to Domaine Thomas Labaille in Chavignol. Chavignol is in the Sancerre appellation, on a hill across the valley to the west...
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Wine Wanderings: Loire Valley Day 1
By Jeff Patten
(Josh and Jeff spent a few days in the Loire Valley checking out wine this September. This is the first of a series of posts telling the story.) The drive...
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