The Northern Virginia Chapter of the American Wine Society meets every first Friday of the month in Falls Church. In March 2024, the subject was "A Journey through the Loire Valley". Annette Schiller presented 11 wines from the Loire valley. We had 2 bottles of each wine. Attendance was capped at 40 people.
We were honored by the presence of Bill Stefan, National President of the American Wine Society and his wife.
Graydon Vandament is the chair of the NoVA Chapter.
Invitation
...Up nextfor March . . . one of our favorite presenters, Annette Schiller, will be leading us through the Wines of the Loire Valleyin
France. Annette has just returned from a 10 day "scouting" trip
throughout the Loire where she was meeting owners and winemakers in
preparation for a small group wine tour that she will be leading there
in June. I'm sure that she will be incorporating some of the wines she
discovered on this trip into her presentation. I'm excited to hear her
and taste the selection of Loire Valley wines that she has curated....
The Loire Valley is the fabled land of the great castles and châteaux of France. The
Loire Valley is also a huge wine region, spanning from Muscadet in the
west, to Sancerre in the east. This vast region has about 185,000 acres
of vineyards, most of which are on the hillside banks of the river. The
Loire Valley is home to 87 appellations and produces a wide diversity of
wine styles and varietals; ranging from bone dry to sticky sweet
dessert wines; red, white, and rosé; vinified in both still and
sparkling formats.
The Loire
Valley’s viticulture is steeped in history and still today has a
cohesive artisan wine culture. It respects tradition, but is at the same
time dynamic and experimental. It is the Loire wine region where
biodynamic wine production took off, and subsequently this region has
become the spiritual home of natural winemaking. Currently three
quarters of wineries and about 80% of the vineyards have achieved some sort of environmental accreditation.
Date: Friday, March 8, 2024
Time: Social time starts at 7:30pm (feel free to bring a wine to share). The presentation will start at 8:00pm
Place: The Falls Church Episcopal, located at 115 East Fairfax St., Falls Church, VA 22046
Topic: "The Wines of the Loire Valley", presented by Annette Schiller
Cost: $25 per person
If you are interested in the event, please contact:
Graydon Vandament
awsgraydon@gmail.com
A Journey through the Loire Valley
Annette Schiller presented 11 wines from the Loire valley.
LOIRE VALLEY: Sunday, June 09 - Thursday June 20, 2024
Annette Schiller: What
comes to your mind when you hear ‘Loire Valley’? Of course images of
glorious Châteaux pop up in your mind. Yes that is true and we will
visit some iconic château and dig deep into France’s history. However,
during this wine tour we also discover a magnificent, but often
overlooked French wine region and one of the most exciting best kept
secrets of excellent, high quality wines at very reasonable prices. The
Loire Valley wine region is a vast area and consists of several
distinct wine regions, each with its own characteristic grapes,
appellations, and wine style. We take you on a journey from the Atlantic
Ocean to the Auvergne mountains to explore this unique region. We learn to appreciate “Sancerre”, "Pouilly-Fumé", “Vouvray", “Chinon”, as well as many other not so familiar appellations.See: Announcement: Loire Valley 2024 by ombiasy WineTours (Sunday, June 09 - Thursday June 20, 2024)
Postings on Schiller-wine Related to the Upcoming 2024 Loire Trip by ombiasy WineTours
This is the 10th in a series of postings on Schiller-wine related to the 2024 Loire Valley Trip by ombiasy WineTours in June.
