Loire Valley Part 1 - The Pays Nantais

Welcome back! 

I'm really happy this week to start a what will be a four part series over the next few weeks on the Loire Valley, one of the most diverse wine regions in France. To do it justice, it just had to be split up into sections. Which means that this episode is all about the Pays Nantais, and one of by favorite wines: Muscadet. 

Before I dive into the content though, I address the New York Times article that has the wine world on edge right now, and for good reason. Last week more than twenty women came forward to expose sexual misconduct and assault in the Court of Master Sommeliers Americas. It's a heavy topic but it needs and deserves to be addressed. The link to the article is below: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/dining/drinks/court-of-master-sommeliers-sexual-harassment-wine.html

As usual this episode I used my trusty copy of The Oxford Companion to Wine, 4th Edition by Jancis Robinson. 

I also used a great resource, https://loirevalleywine.com/
Check it out, they have a great website. 

I talk about a few wines in this episode: 

The Wines of Guy Bossard and Domaine de l'Ecu: 
https://domaine-ecu.com/

I was drinking a bottle of Chateau de La Ragotiere: 
https://www.freres-couillaud.com/les-vins/chateau-de-la-ragotiere-en/

And I mention the wines of Gadais Pere et Fils: 
http://www.gadaispereetfils.fr/domaine/domaine-en.html

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The art was done by Kelly Lauren, @klylauren on instagram, she is an amazing illustrator. 

Music Credit: 
Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/