You can taste the land, what the French call 'gout de terroir', and that is perhaps the greatest joy of wine travel ... types are made in the Loire Valley. From a tasting selection at Plouzeau ...

Some of the best wines for summertime sipping are those from the Loire Valley in France ... Wines from the Loire were tasted at the Vintage Wine Shoppe (432 Cahaba Park Circle, 205-980-9995).

But on a wine tasting trip to the Loire Valley last April, I was blown away by the earthy, robust red wines from Saumur Champigny, a sublime subregion in France’s Loire Valley which produces ...