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Wine with Leslie Williams: Bottles from the Loire Valley

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Wine with Leslie Williams: Bottles from the Loire Valley

As promised a few weeks ago, I’m giving over my column to the Loire Valley, a region I have holidayed in regularly since 1994.

Wine with Leslie Williams: We need to stand up for our favourite drink

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Wine with Leslie Williams: We need to stand up for our favourite drink
Wines of the Week

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Wines of the Week
New World wines in the Irish market

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New World wines in the Irish market
Choose from these French wine’s for your Valentines meal

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Choose from these French wine’s for your Valentines meal
Wine: Colombelle L’Original, Plaimont, Cotes de Gascogne 2013

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Wine: Colombelle L’Original, Plaimont, Cotes de Gascogne 2013
Wine: Point West Touriga Nacional 2009, Portugal — €9.99 (was €12.99)
Wine: Point West Touriga Nacional 2009, Portugal — €9.99 (was €12.99)

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Domaine des Grandes Espérances Sauvignon Blanc

THIS week I want to write about a wine region dear to my heart that is hardly known in Ireland, despite the fact that it is the nearest wine region to Ireland — the Loire Valley.

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