19 January 2010
I left the crush of the Liberty Wines tastings, hopped on a tube and headed to the French Association of Independent Growers at the Lords Cricket Ground (St John's Wood, London). Like the Liberty event I intend to write this up over the next few days but here are some photos of the Loire producers present at this tasting.
Corinne Laurent, Famille Laurent, Saint-Pourçain Carine Simoneau (right) and her assistant, Chloé Pilch; Antoine Simoneau, AC Touraine
Chantal Gibault, Vignoble Gibault, Valençay and Touraine
Alexandre Dérame and his wife, Earl Dérame et fils, Muscadet Sébastien Rahard, Domaine des Gaumonts, Bonnezeaux
Vincent Guichard and Arnaud Galara, Closerie de Chanteloup, Touraine Amboise and MontlouisJean-Louis Petillat, Saint-Pourçain
Marine Dargery, Château de Soucherie