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Sunday dawned dark and wet! We should not complain about the rain. After a long and very hot summer we need the rain to make the grass grow for our horses, the crops for the farmers and the vines for the wine producers.<\/p>\n

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Vines in November<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We decided to\u00a0 go to the Premier Festival des Vins<\/strong> in Montrichard!<\/em> It didn’t matter that it was raining, that’s what I love about wine tasting, it’s not weather dependent!<\/p>\n

Montrichard\u00a0<\/em>(pop.3,300)\u00a0 was renamed in January 2016 as the city of Montrichard-Val-de-Cher.<\/em> It was merged with the town of Bourr\u00e9<\/em> (pop.675). Who knew!<\/p>\n

We arrived in a wet Montrichard.<\/em> There was a large marquee with a live band and few people or producers.<\/p>\n

Seeing a producer we knew from\u00a0Domaine de Marce<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>we wandered over and said “Bonjour! Qu’est ce qui ce passe ici?”<\/em>\u00a0“Hello! What’s happening here?”<\/p>\n

Madame Godet explained what was going on and where all the producers were to be found. There were tents set up along the street but many of the producers had moved into the three troglodyte caves.<\/p>\n

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\"\"There was no charge for the wine tastings, but you could buy a glass for 2\u20ac and off you went!\u00a0We decided to chose producers along the banks of the Cher<\/em> and not too far from our regulars as this gave us\u00a0great opportunity to discover some new vineyards for our tours without driving for kilometres and kilometres.<\/p>\n

The first one we came across was\u00a0Les Caves du P\u00e8re Auguste<\/a>.<\/span> We tasted his reds and whites and decided upon the Chenin Blanc a demi-sec. Slightly sweet with a rich fruity flavour. Not our usual at all but delicious!<\/p>\n

We then moved on to\u00a0Domaine de Jean Christophe Mandard<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>It was a great tasting. He is a wonderful character and we will definitely be making a RDV with him in the future.<\/p>\n

Finally we went to seek out Florence Veilex from\u00a0Domaine de la Chapini\u00e8re<\/a><\/span>. Attached to this domaine is Le Man\u00e8ge de la Chapini\u00e8re<\/a><\/span> where my daughter Laura goes for coaching with her showjumper BRUCE! But that’s another story.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile back at the Festival we found Florence. She offered us a d\u00e9gustation<\/em>\u00a0of her very recently bottled Sauvignon. Her 2017 was \u00e9puis\u00e9, <\/em>sold out. Florence had bottled her 2018 on the previous Thursday but she is not allowed to sell it until December.<\/p>\n

I feel an excuse for a visit and another d\u00e9gustation<\/em> coming on!<\/p>\n

Should you too feel the need for a d\u00e9gustation<\/em> also please feel free to contact me,\u00a0Wine Tasting Info.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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