Chinon, France

... than the other sordid stall simply because of that one word: "Private." We stayed last night in another must-see town in France: Chinon. And while this village, which spreads along Le Cher river (a branch of the Loire) and clings to the shadow of a ...

 Today we'll drive about an hour west, to the little town of Chinon, with it's medieval fortress, or what's left of it.  We visited the town last time we were here, but this time we plan to actually go into the old fortress, visit the Joan of Arc museum, ...

... St. Catherine de Fierbois that would not let us taste but we bought some chevre and confit anyway! We continued on toward Chinon to find the vineyards.  Our first stop was Domaine de Beausejours.  The proprietress was a lovely woman who was ...

... about an hour to get back to the hotel, at which point we had a wine tasting with one of the owners of the hotel, Laurent. Chinon produces both red and white wine, though 81% of the production is red. We tried three whites: a sparkling, a dry and a sweet. ...