Articles, tagged with "loire valley", page 3
07th October 2010
Making plans for the holiday in the Loire Valley.
It's August 2010 and we are going on get-away to the Loire Valley in France. We started making plans for the trip about a year earlier. We came across a large number of websites to assemble tips and res...
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Author:
kitty118
16th September 2010
Whilst there’s no denying the beauty of Paris, why not spend a few days of your stay at one of the Paris hotels to see a little more of France? With its fantastic transport links and close proximity to many landmarks, there’s no reason not to leave the ci...
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Author:
Nick Yorke
06th September 2010
It was the summer of 1988. I was working in Germany and had met up with friends at a gite in the Loire Valley for our annual holiday. Usually quite an alcohol influenced holiday, both my wife and I enjoyed a glass or two of wine and the couple joining us ...
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Author:
Harry H
18th August 2010
Among the most popular tourist destinations globally is France. It truly is difficult to find a cause not to go to France. When all said and done, who wouldn't want to go to a place which is filled with class, art work, food, beauty, culture and fashion? ...
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Author:
maureeneddy123
14th July 2010
(1888PressRelease) During a trip to France, Alicyn Roy received a recommendation from a local that suggested that the best was to see France's Loire Valley was by way of hot air balloon.
Alicyn Roy, a resident of Los Angeles, CA, had the time of her li...
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Author:
Alberto Stellpflug
30th June 2010
The Loire river is the longest river in France. The Loire Valley is home to a wide variety of wines as well as great castles. Touraine is towards the eastern end of the wine producing area, but is actually southwest of Paris. Over time, more and more of t...
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Author:
Levi Reiss
28th June 2010
Bypass the Loire Valley for now. For your drive through Brittany, head out of Paris on the E50 through Le Mans and drive to Rennes, the capital of Brittany, and on to Vannes.
Most of Brittany juts out into the Atlantic on the northwest corner of Franc...
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Author:
Sammy Hely
06th April 2010
There is a huge selection of kosher wine on the market, and the internet makes these bottles more accessible than ever before. In fact, all the different varieties of kosher wine can be downright intimidating - with so many options, how are you supposed t...
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Author:
Mark Etinger
15th March 2010
Goats cheese is one of the most sought after product among health conscious people. When it comes to most-loved cheeses, goat cheese is always remembered. It is a well known fact that many people are seeking this product considering that there are many br...
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Author:
mak
02nd March 2010
White wine is the lighter, simpler opposite number of red wine, though it is no less dignified as a drink. White wine is actually straw-like in colour, as a result of the colours of the grapes from which they are fermented, and if those grapes are purplis...
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Author:
Andrew Jamaz
17th February 2010
Once home to Roman vineyards, Southern England, in particular the counties of Sussex and Kent, enjoys the highest average daytime temperatures and hours of sunshine in the United Kingdom.
This temperate climate, combined with the favourable chalky soil...
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Author:
Yvonne Hennessy
26th November 2009
In this review we will taste a Muscadet wine from the westernmost part of the Loire Valley of central France. In a rather unusual process Muscadet wines are left in contact with their sediment to enhance their fruit and yeasty quality. Muscadet is a class...
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Author:
Levi Reiss
15th November 2009
Can it be a modern-day Exodus? Indeed it is not. It is time for summer holiday in the UK. Brits are flocking en masse to their perennial number one destination for all things relaxing. France has long been the country of choice for the rest of Europe ...
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Author:
Robert Palmer
23rd October 2009
Most successful in Italy's Piedmont region, where it makes such wines as Barbera d'Asti, Barbera di Monferato and Barbera di Alba. Its wines are characterized by a high level of acidity (meaning brightness and crispness), deep ruby color and full body, wi...
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Author:
wineglasses
06th October 2009
In Europe the majority of wine production takes place in either, France, Spain, Germany or Italy. In France wine is made is various regions including northern locations like the Loire valley, which produces Vouvray and Sancerre, where the annual wine fest...
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Author:
Mark Bartley