Bigger Than Your Head

Bigger Than Your Head

Wine of the Week

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Fredric Koeppel
Apr 27, 2015
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Valençay is a small Loire Valley appellation at the southeast end of the Touraine region. It's northern boundary is defined by the river Cher, a tributary of the Loire. Most of the grape varieties that thrive in the extensive Loire Valley are cultivated in Valençay, but sauvignon blanc

does particularly well, and it's to that grape we turn for today's Wi…

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