To drive from our house to Selles-sur-Cher, we often take the D17 road that runs through Saint-Aignan along the Cher river, and then through the little towns of Seigy, Couffy, and Meusnes (pronounced meuhn). At Meusnes there are a lot of wineries, including one called the Château de Quinçay. Red, white, and rosé wines are made there, some of them of the Touraine Chenonceaux appellation. Meusnes is also included in three of the Loire Valley's goat-cheese production areas — Selles-sur-Cher, Valençay, and Sainte-Maure. The pictures in this post show one of my favorite spots in Meusnes.
Meusnes is on the eastern edge of the Touraine wine area and the northern edge of the Valençay appellation. It's just 10 kilometers north of the town of Valençay and just four kilometers west of Selles-sur-Cher. Meusnes (pop. 1,100) has three other attractions: a beautiful little church, a great boucherie/charcuterie (which sells products at the Saturday morning market in Saint-Aignan), and a museum dedicated to the town's former main industry, the quarrying of flint and production of flintstones (pierre à fusil). During his childhood, the French tennis player and musician Yannick Noah spent his summer vacations in Meusnes.
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As usual, I was curious to know what the chateau de Quinçay looked like, so I googled it. And, surprise, not really, amongst the numerous photos of the chateau and the many bottles of Touraine-Chenonceau(x) wine there were photos 1 yand 2 and your banner!
ReplyDeleteIt seems that Google's and Blogger's algorithm works overtime and at night!
Thank you for the link to Meusnes. Lovely little church!
DeleteWhen you say you "googled it", do you mean you are looking at Google images?
DeleteWell, here is what I do. I open Google, type église de Sellles-sur-Cher and push the search key (return) on the ipad. Then I have a choice All, Images, Maps, etc. I click Images and that's it I get all the images there are about selles-sur-Cher and more..
DeleteThanks, CHM. That's what I wondered — if you were looking at Google Images.
DeleteLooks like you’re taking us on a road trip, yea! And during different seasons, very clever.
ReplyDeleteLovely photos.
ReplyDeleteThe church in Meusnes may be little but it’s certainly very sturdy looking and those goat cheese shaped salamis are so interesting!
ReplyDeleteI live the last photo
ReplyDeletePhoto #2 is my idea of bicycle riding, none of that speedy, super-fast, high-tech stuff, no sirree.
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