tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post8144571740994691910..comments2024-03-29T13:11:25.325+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Du cent pour cent Saint-PourçainKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-51030253815816039582018-04-04T06:46:22.811+02:002018-04-04T06:46:22.811+02:00Thanks, Bob. It seems Saint-Pourçain wines got the...Thanks, Bob. It seems Saint-Pourçain wines got the AOC or AOP in 2009. The reds we bought were made with Gamay and Pinot Noir, but I think the Pinot Noir might be optional, just as Sauvignon Blanc is optional in the whites. The Leclerc hypermarket in Moulins had a good selection of Saint-Pourçain, as did the co-op in Saint-Pourçain itself of course. I even found some Saint-Pourçain wines in our Intermarché wine section in Noyers-sur-Cher the other day.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-7314306031732375432018-04-04T03:26:07.910+02:002018-04-04T03:26:07.910+02:00Thank you, as ever, for so much good information o...Thank you, as ever, for so much good information on these wines. <br />The labels are quite interesting, and the second one is especially dramatic. I've never seen any Allier wines in North Carolina, where they tend to promote the local brews instead.Emmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17365143273404503659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-14733222155503455572018-04-03T17:20:58.562+02:002018-04-03T17:20:58.562+02:00Tu as raison. Voici ce que je viens de trouver sur...Tu as raison. Voici ce que je viens de trouver sur Wikipedia:<br /><br />Produits du terroir de Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule<br /><br />Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule a donné son nom au :<br /> • Saint-pourçain, vin de Loire AOC<br /> • Saint-pourçain, fromage AOPchmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-13648004904856856822018-04-03T16:49:56.905+02:002018-04-03T16:49:56.905+02:00I saw mention of a Saint-Pourçain cheese on Wikipe...I saw mention of a Saint-Pourçain cheese on Wikipedia and maybe other sites, but nothing more than a mention. No "-sur-Sioule" or "-sur-Besbre" — <i>mystère et boule de gomme</i>. I saw no such cheese in the shops around Moulins either. I'll keep looking.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-43835220394762051482018-04-03T14:41:10.912+02:002018-04-03T14:41:10.912+02:00My first exposure to St. Pourcain wines was about ...My first exposure to St. Pourcain wines was about 20 years ago, when we spent a night at a chambre d'hote in Chantelle. We visited a producer that was highly touted, and though their wines were excellent. At the time, the St. Pourcain appellation was just a VDQS (a designation which doesn't exist anymore), and I asked the winemaker if St. Pourcain is likely to get its AOC (now AOP) soon. She said hopefully in a couple of years; first the other producers had to bring themselves up to her winery's level (not bragging, just stating the truth). Well, it took a little longer (about 10 years), but now St. Pourcain is an AOP and there are many good producers. And the one we visited all those years ago has been available here in Maine for about 10 years now.Bob Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08349830722788278723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-48755318869563406792018-04-03T13:59:45.032+02:002018-04-03T13:59:45.032+02:00I was on the impression, wrongly it seems, there w...I was on the impression, wrongly it seems, there was also a cheese called Saint-Pourçain. A Google search didn't produce any result for neither Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule nor Saint-Pourçain-sur-Besbre, both in the Allier. chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-54400049695838783922018-04-03T13:02:36.203+02:002018-04-03T13:02:36.203+02:00Though I'm not even a wine drinker much, mysel...Though I'm not even a wine drinker much, myself, I have learned so much over the years, from you, about wine labels -- about what everything means, and what kind of grapes go into what wines we're familiar with-- it's all so clear, now :) Thanks for that :)<br />JudySeine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-32811049901170608832018-04-03T09:42:36.716+02:002018-04-03T09:42:36.716+02:00Un seul mot : Respect monsieur l'oenologue !Un seul mot : Respect monsieur l'oenologue !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-82676361236718702282018-04-03T09:35:00.876+02:002018-04-03T09:35:00.876+02:00Bravo pour votre connaissance des cépages (et pas...Bravo pour votre connaissance des cépages (et pas que livresque...) !Christiane Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15272729408024233382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-13185214537706585292018-04-03T09:23:02.449+02:002018-04-03T09:23:02.449+02:00I had to google "bourgade"...I'd nev...I had to google "bourgade"...I'd never heard the word before. Isn't nice when you discover something like this wine? I'm sure I've never seen a Pourcain label here in CA.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.com