Chenin has been planted in the Loire Valley since at least the early 1400s. It is the primary white grape in the middle Loire appellations of Vouvray, Anjou, Montlouis-sur-Loire and Savennières ...

Chenin Blanc originated in France's Loire Valley, likely in the Anjou subregion, which today makes the world's most acclaimed Chenins. The grape's frontiers have expanded, to South Africa, where it’s ...