Street signs (and wines) in Amboise

The town of Amboise (pop. approx. 13,000) is part of the metropolitan area of the city of Tours these days. Famous nearby wine villages are Vouvray and Montlouis, both producing high-quality sparkling and still white wines using Chenin Blanc grapes. Amboise itself is one of ten villages that produce wines under the name Touraine-Amboise using Chenin Blanc (also known as Pineau de la Loire) for whites and both Côt (a.k.a Malbec), Gamay, Cabernet Franc, and Cabernet Sauvignon.

I enjoyed a walk through the streets of Amboise in March 2004, when we had lived here for less than a year, and took these pictures of elaborate and colorful shop signs.