Wine with Leslie Williams: Two vineyard visits for your holidays
January is the month many of us plan our summer holidays so this week I want to suggest two destinations with a wine focus.
To visit vineyards you really need a car so if you go by ferry rather than aeroplane you can bring a few bottles home. Besides the UK our closest wine region is the Loire, much underrated and with real bargains as well as creativity. I recommend basing yourself near Nantes (which has beaches nearby), and within an hour you can visit Muscadet to the south or Anjou to the east. Following the river brings you through famous wine towns such as Savennières, Saumur, Chinon, Vouvray and Bonnezeaux. Do choose the wineries you visit wisely in the Loire however as this is a more marginal climate than most of France.
