Wineterroirs will be on the road for a few weeks... Laurent Noëlla with a friend Pouillé, Loire Photo story - First festive gathering at la Boudinerie : Noella Morantin and Laurent Saillard invited friends, among whom many artisan vignerons,... Bertrand Celce

Jean-René Dard in the vatroomMercurol, northern Rhone Mercurol is a village sitting near the A7 toll highway, north of Valence and east of Tournon and Tain-L'Hermitage. Dard Ribo's facility lies outside of the village near the A7, but to... Bertrand Celce

Thierry Allemand on Le BoisCornas, northern Rhone Thierry Allemand (whose last names means German in French) works on a vineyard surface of about 5 hectares in Cornas, northern Rhone. Cornas means scorched earth in the language of the Celts ,... Bertrand Celce

Foillard at the wheelReal wines are made by real vignerons who spend time in their vineyards and are there in person to pour their wines at tasting events (we'll not make it a law but there's some truth to it).... Bertrand Celce

Snow White wineCentre Pompidou, Paris (Visual story) A bizarre happening took place a few days ago at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, a cultural center also short-named as Beaubourg. In the basement of the Contemporary Art Museum and in... Bertrand Celce

Ampelidae : manoir de LavauguyotMarigny-Brizay, Haut-Poitou (Loire) Ampelidae is a relatively recent winery which is atypical in many regards. Let's look at the Haut Poitou first : this is a sub-region of the Loire, it lies on the southern flank... Bertrand Celce

Pierre Beauger in his cellar in Jussat Jussat-Chanonat/Champeix, Auvergne (Loire - bottom-right of this map) The first one who told me about Pierre Beauger was Pierre Jancou at Racines, and it was in almost lyrical tones : this vigneron who... Bertrand Celce

François Dhumes pouring his roséPérignat-sur-Allier, Auvergne, Loire The first wine that I had in Auvergne was François Dhumes' rosé, and it was a welcome and refreshing respite in this sunny summer day. François is a soft-spoken young vigneron, a native... Bertrand Celce

Patrick Bouju in la Bohème vineyardGlaine-Montaigut, Auvergne (Loire). The Auvergne wine region is the south-eastern-most Loire Appellation, it's so outcentered that few people know it's part of the family of Loire wines. Actually, two other small Loire Appellations are even... Bertrand Celce

Josh Adler Meg ZimbeckParis, between le Louvre Chatelet That was a few weeks ago in Paris : a few bloggers with a taste for good food, mostly American expats living in Paris, started a new blog named Paris... Bertrand Celce

Tasting at the cellar doorMareuil, Touraine (Loire) A vertical tasting allows to extend the scope of understanding about a particular estate : it helps you project the wines that you're interested in into the future and guess how they will... Bertrand Celce

Winemaker Catherine Breton pouring her winesJune, spring, wine, sidewalk, Paris...and women winemakers... You may have been through these sidewalk tastings quite a number of times, comes the spring and its nice mild weather, and you just can't resist the urge... Bertrand Celce

Jacky Blot above the Mi-Pente vineyardBourgueil, Bourgueil AOC (Loire) Jacky Blot's Cabernet-Franc wines from his Domaine de la Butte in Bourgueil are among the best-valued reds of the Loire valley. Bourgueil is of course Cabernet-Franc country, and the region seems... Bertrand Celce

The Vin d'honneur, a French institution On vin d'honneur or vin de l'amitié There's hardly something more deeply rooted in the French fabric than the traditional Vin D'Honneur which takes place at the end of inaugurations, speeches and at ceremonies... Bertrand Celce

Mathieu Coste in his cellarVillemoison, Saint Père, Coteaux du Giennois (Loire) We're here in one of these lesser-known Loire Appellation. The Coteaux-du-Giennois name means literally slopes of the Gien region, Gien (picture on right) being a nice quiet town gently... Bertrand Celce

Laurent Chareau in Le Chat This is about wine, vignerons, and a chef Laurent Chareau was working in Paris in a former life. He used to come at Didier Dagueneau for each harvest and make the meals for the harvesters... Bertrand Celce