Doug Decants: Domaine Luneau-Papin’s Muscadet Vera Cruz
“Stumbling on melons as I pass…” ~ The Garden by Andy Marvell (1621-78) You can eat an oyster now all year round without fear of gastro-intestinal reprisal. You could always…
Spotlight on: Domaine Le Briseau
Nathalie Gaubicher, former sommelier, founded Domaine Le Briseau in 2002, with her first husband, Christian Chaussard, in Marçon, in an area encompassing Jasnières and Coteaux-du-Loir. ‘Briseau’ is named after a plot on…
Chenin: the grape we love (Part One)
I’d give my goddam soul for a glass of Vouvray. --Jack Torrance This supremely versatile and noble Loire grape makes all styles from pétillant and sparkling through bleach-bone dry, tender,…
Doug Decants: The Auvergnate Wines of Domaine Maupertuis
Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him too much, the same. --Blaise Pascal (born in Clermont-Ferrand) Jean Maupertuis tends 3.8 hectares of…
Real Wine Fair Videos: Thierry Puzelat
One of the natural wine world's most beloved figures, Thierry Puzelat has been making wine au naturel in the Cheverny and Touraine appellations of the Loire Valley for over two decades, although…
Doug’s Decants
Keep your eyes on the wines: 2014 Vin de France, Melonix, Jo Landron This is Melon ++. Melon as in Muscadet. But with a natural malolactic and no sulphur added.…
Mourning Pierre Caslot of Domaine de la Chevalerie
It is with sadness that we learn that Pierre Caslot of Domaine de la Chevalerie has passed away at the age of 62. He will be greatly missed. A larger than life…
Variety is the spice of Loire: Notes on our recent tasting
Loire Tasting at Delfina “Run the whole gamut of Gamay from the Auvergne to the Atlantic, tripping the Loire fantastique...” The tasting journey begins in the west of the west…
Reasons to come to our Loire Tasting
~~~100 + Loire wines from 44 growers~~~ ~~~All wines organic or biodynamic~~~ ~~~ Chinon from 1976 & 1979!!~~~ ~~~Wine from the westernmost appellation in France~~~ ~~~Volcanic…
The Loire Tasting approaches!
When: Monday 15th October, 2012, 10.30am – 6pm Where: Delfina, 50 Bermondsey Street, London, SE1 3UD (Nearest station: London Bridge -five minutes walk to venue) Who: Open to all members of the wine trade…