Beverley Blanning MW

4 weeks ago | worldoffinewine.com | David Schildknecht |Beverley Blanning MW

David Schildknecht reviews Wines of the Loire Valley by Beverley Blanning MW. Jacqueline Friedrich published her lovely Wine and Food Guide to the Loire back in 1998, a planned successor getting only as far as a 2011 volume devoted to “The Kingdom of Sauvignon,” so detailed and tasting note-dependent that full Loire coverage in that format would have run to many rapidly dated volumes.

1 month ago | worldoffinewine.com | David Schildknecht |Beverley Blanning MW

David Schildknecht reviews Wines of the Loire Valley by Beverley Blanning MW. Jacqueline Friedrich published her lovely Wine and Food Guide to the Loire back in 1998, a planned successor getting only as far as a 2011 volume devoted to “The Kingdom of Sauvignon,” so detailed and tasting note-dependent that full Loire coverage in that format would have run to many rapidly dated volumes.

Dec 3, 2024 | cluboenologique.com | David Kermode |Nina Caplan |Louella Berryman |Beverley Blanning MW

A wine is not merely a product of its growing environment, but the result of hundreds of human decisions, from choosing the site and grape varieties to cultivation methods, pruning options, harvest dates, and the many choices available once grapes arrive at the winery. Compared to wine regions where grapes ripen more reliably, in the Loire there is an added emphasis on the role of the individuals responsible for tending the vines and making the wines.

Nov 1, 2024 | decanter.com | Beverley Blanning MW

‘If people are more interested in the Loire these days, it’s because we have greatly profited from the changing climate’. These are the words of Benoît Amirault, of Domaine Yannick Amirault in Bourgueil. It’s a sentiment echoed by many other red wine producers in the Loire Valley. This is still a marginal climate for red wines, so the impact of the vintage is more pronounced here than in most other red wine regions.

Nov 1, 2024 | decanter.com | Beverley Blanning MW

In the Loire Valley, the emerging consensus is that there is no pattern to the weather, prompting Muscadet’s Famille Lieubeau to wonder if there is such a thing as ‘normal’ anymore. Its conclusion? ‘From a climate point of view, no two years are the same’.