Halles de Tours covered market ★ 4.2
Covered market of Tours, opened in 1980, where stalls such as the affineur France Fromages sell Touraine goat cheeses alongside bakers, butchers and wine merchants.
NeighbourhoodSainte-Maure-de-Touraine
KindFair
Whenfirst weekend of June
Durationtwo days
PriceFree admission (2026 edition)
Loire Valley wine and cheese
Crottin de Chavignol with Sancerre blanc
Local traditionYoung crottin has a firm, chalky paste and aged ones turn nutty and dry. White Sancerre's sharp Sauvignon acidity and citrus cut that density and freshen the hazelnut. The consortium lists it first; a pairing guide calls it the classic white.
Sainte-Maure de Touraine with Chinon (Cabernet Franc), medium-bodied, no new oak
Our pickThe consortium lists Chinon among the red Loire wines for this cheese. A medium-bodied Chinon raised in tank or old wood keeps Cabernet Franc's fresh fruit and high acidity, which sit well against the tangy, hazelnut paste of a young log.
Pouligny-Saint-Pierre with Touraine Sauvignon
Our pickThe consortium recommends a dry, fruity white with Pouligny-Saint-Pierre and names Sauvignon de Touraine. The wine's citrus lifts the tang of the white version without covering its dried-fruit notes.
Location
Address: Place du Maréchal Leclerc, 37800 Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine, Loire Valley
More cheese experiences in Loire Valley
Tasting of five ageings of Crottin de Chavignol ★ 4.2
A farm tasting of five ageings of Crottin de Chavignol, from fresh to dry, with either a glass of Loire wine or apple juice, at a goat farm a few kilometres from Sancerre.
Wine and cheese tasting at Dubois-Boulay, Chavignol ★ 4.1
Wine and cheese tasting in the boutique of a Chavignol affineur: a single Crottin de Chavignol, or a cheese and charcuterie plate, in a shop that also has an ageing facility with explanations of the craft.
Visit of the Ferme des Chapotons goat farm ★ 4.0
A visit of a working goat farm and Sancerre vineyard, free to walk round and guided on request, with the making of Crottin de Chavignol to see and a tasting in the shop.
Guided visit of the Ferme de la Fringale ★ 4.1
A guided visit of a goat dairy with about 150 milking goats, explaining how the herd is run and how Valençay and Selles-sur-Cher AOP are made, with cheese and wine tasting.
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