tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post3799431372933858287..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Chez Françoise in Montoire-sur-le-LoirKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-47649565624592005242015-06-21T18:13:55.638+02:002015-06-21T18:13:55.638+02:00Of course to us (as I'm sure you remember from...Of course to us (as I'm sure you remember from your California days) these prices are remarkabale, both for the young wines and for the good wines. 10 liters for 12 euros is like a dream. Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-81240326842111447172015-06-20T22:45:12.818+02:002015-06-20T22:45:12.818+02:00I agree. Of course, in my opinion spending a week ...I agree. Of course, in my opinion spending a week driving through almost any part of France tasting different wines along the way would be a week well spent.Bob Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08349830722788278723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-36076300909627384682015-06-20T22:02:06.532+02:002015-06-20T22:02:06.532+02:00wide choice of winewide choice of wineGosiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604712540141917583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-72739957280207600262015-06-20T18:53:57.469+02:002015-06-20T18:53:57.469+02:00In one way it's like Napa or Sonoma, but in an...In one way it's like Napa or Sonoma, but in another way it's pretty different. Wine here is a commodity -- an everyday product like beer in much of America or iced tea in the U.S. South. It's not a luxury or special-occasion drink. In bulk, you can pay as little as one or two euros per bottle for good, young, low-alcohol, drinkable red or white wine. The "high-end" bottled stuff goes for four or five euros a bottle, including the nice Vouvray or other Touraine sparkling whites or rosés. We buy our local, light red wine in bulk, getting our plastic wine barrels filled at the co-op, for 1.60 euros a liter. Up in Limeray, near Amboise, a 10 liter bag-in-box of red goes for twelve euros.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-12331166022657610772015-06-20T17:28:03.466+02:002015-06-20T17:28:03.466+02:00The Chez Francoise wine bottles are quite nicely p...The Chez Francoise wine bottles are quite nicely packaged. I'm always amazed at the wide variety of wine you have access to...I guess it's a bit like living in Napa or Sonoma. Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-64510547237064073722015-06-20T16:49:44.187+02:002015-06-20T16:49:44.187+02:00I'll tell you tomorrow.I'll tell you tomorrow.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-11545321391672404542015-06-20T16:29:39.540+02:002015-06-20T16:29:39.540+02:00And, how was the omelette?And, how was the omelette?Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-85060277218074075992015-06-20T16:27:59.575+02:002015-06-20T16:27:59.575+02:00Bob, I think a week driving through the Val de Loi...Bob, I think a week driving through the Val de Loir from Chartres down to Angers, tasting different wines all along the way, would be a week well spent.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-66675767443635695082015-06-20T16:14:10.921+02:002015-06-20T16:14:10.921+02:00I'd love to go to Chez Fancoise just for the w...I'd love to go to Chez Fancoise just for the wines. They're right up my alley.Bob Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08349830722788278723noreply@blogger.com