Chambord Chateaux and Vouvray Chenin Blancs

Sunday (4 weeks in-only 10 to go)

Off to the most impressive chateaux in the Loire-Chambord.  Pretty impressive and fairly busy with tourists.  Took about 2 hours to look inside and have a quick look at the grounds.

Then off to Vouvray AOC district.  Chenin Blanc country. We visited a tiny producer whose methods made Bill Chambers look modern. Beautiful still and sparkling chenins.  5 euro a bottle. Website  pagesjaunes.fr

We also went to a place where 30 producers combined their marketing about 40 years ago. Now much more knowledgeable on Vouvray wines-sec, demi-sec, moelleux, cuvee tradition etc

Back to Blois and out to dinner at a Moroccan restaurant. Learning not to overeat so only had a tagine each plus a bowl of couscous-yummy!

Tomorrow we are off down the Loire.  Nothing booked as we are now just going to see what happens.  Read the next post to see the result-I have no idea.

Au revoir

Water pump-who does it look like-some say Iain? or Jason? or JA? or Brian? or Philip? or Dean?-beauty is the..........
The car's name is Madeleine
Wines in Vouvray and underground with 4 million bottles