Noël Pinguet and his wife Marie-Françoise

Very good tasting at the open day at Domaine Huet (Vouvray) yesterday, which included the 2010 vintage but also some older wines going back to 1993.

Jean-Bernard Berthomé – chef de culture

Heading back to London today for more text will be added later – similarly for the Nau Frères report.

Philippe Foreau

A few forthcoming dates for your diary:

Monday 27th December tasting with Philippe Foreau@Xavier Fortin's Plein Ciel, 6 Chemin des Coteaux, 37350 Le Petit Pressigny.

6th-8th May and 2rd-4th June 2011: Domaine Huet, Les Portes Ouvertes

Anthony Hwang: owner and 'assistant winemaker'@ Domaine Huet – 2010 vintage

Discarded grapes

By late September/early October it was already clear that unlike Anjou, the 2010 vintage was going to be difficult as these photos taken at Domaine Huet's Clos du Bourg on 1st October show.

A victim of esca

View across the vines to the tower with some of the buildings of Tours in the background