Loire Love Letter: Ross Wassermann, Vice President, Benson Marketing Group

This week, Ross Wassermann of Benson Marketing Group shares his memorable visit with Frederic Mabileau on a press trip to the Loire Valley.

A visit with Frederic Mabileau

On one of my press trips to the Loire Valley, we made a visit to Frederic Mabileau to taste Bourgueil and St Nicolas de Bourgueil. After the usual (very good) tasting of the current and recent vintages, our hosts asked if we had any extra time to visit an old cellar carved unto the limestone hillside. The cellar was no longer in use. Erosion had made holes in the ceiling and a thick soft...

Loire Love Letter: Matt Mollo, The Wine Bottega, Boston

In this week’s Loire Love Letter we hear from Matt Mollo of Boston’s The Wine Bottega and of the sense of community he experienced during a day with the group he calls “The Gang of Loire.”

The Gang of Loire

Loire Love Letter: Pascaline Lepeltier, Wine Director, Rouge Tomate, NYC

The second in our series of Friday Loire Love Letters from wine industry guest bloggers comes from Pascaline Lepeltier, the wine director for New York restaurant Rouge Tomate. Pascaline, a native of the Loire Valley, here shares one of her early memories of falling in love with the region’s wines.

“Prendre le temps de Loire, c’est prendre le temps de boire.” -Sylvie Augereau

When I’m at the restaurant and our guests ask me about the wines from my region, the middle of the Loire, I never know what to say, so I don’t. I just nod to the guests, walk away and grab a bottle that we...