Domaine de la Pepiere Tasting Room ★ 4.8
Marc Olivier and Remi Branger's Muscadet estate. Tasting flights compare the Clos des Briords, Chateau Thebaud and Clisson cru cuvees aged 18+ months on lees.
Federation des Vins de Nantes centre overlooking the Sevre-et-Maine vineyards, pouring from 40+ Muscadet estates plus Coteaux d'Ancenis and Gros Plant.
Address: Bellevue, 44690 La Haye-Fouassiere, France, Loire Valley
Marc Olivier and Remi Branger's Muscadet estate. Tasting flights compare the Clos des Briords, Chateau Thebaud and Clisson cru cuvees aged 18+ months on lees.
Bouvet-Ladubay troglodyte cellars in Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Florent, founded 1851. Eight kilometres of tufa galleries, methode traditionnelle production hall and tasting room.
Sparkling-wine house founded 1811 by Jean-Baptiste Ackerman, with three kilometres of tufa cellars and contemporary art alongside the riddling racks.
InterLoire tasting and information centre on the Saumur quayside, pouring a rotating selection of 50 wines from Saumur, Saumur-Champigny and Coteaux de Saumur.
Sancerre Wine Council interpretation centre on the medieval esplanade with a Kimmeridgian-flint-limestone exhibit and tasting bar pouring from 50 estates.
Tufa-cut cellars in Rochecorbon with library Vouvray vintages back to 1874, set against bin racks of historic bottlings in a vaulted tasting room.