Wine & Travel France

I’ve been using the winemaker profiles to plan my next Loire Valley trip, and they feel surprisingly current for a book. The tasting notes are detailed enough to spark real curiosity without being pretentious.

Bernardo's thirty years of vineyard visits really show in how he writes about the winemakers themselves, not just the wine. I brought it on a trip through Burgundy and ended up planning whole days around the small producers he mentions.

The vineyard photos alone are worth it, but what surprised me is how the winemaker profiles actually explain why a bottle tastes the way it does. I've already marked three small producers to visit on our next trip south.