Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lana Bortolot covers the intersection of wine, business and culture. France’s Loire Valley may be known for its fairy-tale-like ...

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Loire Valley is the classic runner up: overlooked, disregarded and somewhat offbeat. Though vast and diverse, Loire may be the least known of France’s great wine regions. In some ways, Loire has ...

Nate Snelbaker is the retail wine specialist at the Fine Wine & Good Spirits Store in Hummelstown. The store is located at 1158 Mae St.., which is in Dauphin County. He, like his colleagues across the ...

Named for the river that runs through it, which incidentally is France’s longest river, the Loire Valley is home to much more than medieval chateaus and grand royal estates. Its fertile land that runs ...

Writer’s Note – This is the second in a series of articles about wines from France’s Loire Valley tasted by the author in the Loire Valley. Part 1 - Loire Valley Wines, Muscadet wine from France’s ...

White wine enthusiasts have fallen hard for sancerre. This Loire Valley appellation, known for exceptional sauvignon blanc, has gained significant consumer recognition lately. Its food-pairing ...

Imposing ancient Chateaux perched atop mountainous pinnacles overlooking a river meandering through the vineyard dotted valley far below sounds almost like a picture on some travel poster. And it ...

Of the main grape growing regions in France the Loire Valley is one of the least well-known. With the exception of the currently fashionable sauvignon blanc-based sancerres, most people would be hard ...

“Wine was one of the first signs of civilization to appear in the life of human beings…It is in the Bible; it is in Homer, and it shines through all the pages of history, participating in the destiny ...