Gourmet meals and wine breaks within the Loire Valley | EUROtoday

The Loire Valley is a heavenly vacation spot for the discerning foodie. Known for its world class wineries and wines, together with Sancerre, Crémant de Loire and Muscadet, it is also typically known as the “Garden of France” owing to the abundance of native produce such has saffron, apples, asparagus and strawberries, together with its popularity for excellent cheese and native fish and meats.

Whether you are a severe connoisseur trying to style and check out a few of the greatest wines on this planet, or somebody who needs to be taught extra about wine while having fun with nice native produce, the Loire Valley supplies a luxurious backdrop of chateaux, historic cities, river paths and sloping valleys. Fall in love with the Loire, get pleasure from world famend wine, and spoil your self with a meals and wine expertise retreat based mostly from La Masion Trumeau within the coronary heart of Saumur. It’s a elegant method to indulge your ardour and the right place for connoisseur meals and wine breaks within the Loire Valley.

Welcome to La Maison Trumeau

A keep at La Maison Trumeau is a uncommon likelihood to expertise subtle French dwelling from a bygone period. Dating again to the 1850s, the home is a sublime city home with unique interval options, stunning vintage furnishings, chandeliers and unique marble fireplaces.

The home has been sensitively restored in order that it has all of the trimmings of luxurious and rest while nonetheless reflecting types via the completely different ages. Think tall ceilings, an Art Deco staircase, chaise longue, roll high baths, flooring to ceiling home windows searching of the city and gorgeous artwork. All the rooms provide a nod to the wines of the area, just like the Chamber Sancerre with its double vintage French mattress and its luxurious linens. And while La Maison Trumeau has all of the ending touches to make it really feel like residence, as you step via the door, you’ll be able to’t assist however loosen up and unwind.

Saumur itself is typical of the Loire and is a reasonably, bustling, riverside city with a Medieval chateau, half-timbered buildings and chic homes set on the confluence of the rivers Thouet and the Loire. From La Maison Trumeau, it is only a quick stroll to the cafés, eating places and historic streets of the city.

Food and wine experiences

Your hosts at La Maison Trumeau, Mandy and Willo, are passionate concerning the native wineries and produce. They share their native data and experience to create meals and wine experiences that get to the very coronary heart and soul of the area. They’ll introduce you to fabulous vineyards and wineries, you will meet winemakers and check out completely different wines within the nice wine homes of the area. And there may be nothing fairly like attempting a wine within the very place that it has been lovingly produced.

Mandy and Willo will share the hidden culinary gems of the Loire. Visit the native market, eat in a single (or all) of the eight Saumur eating places that get a point out within the Michelin information or strive native truffles and go to a cheese producer. Restaurant selections embody cooks who create meals with creativity and innovation. “We include restaurants that are loved by the locals and not always visible on the likes of TripAdvisor and can be difficult to access for bookings. And we constantly monitor what’s up and coming” says Mandy.

From the large names of the area’s wine producers, to the off the overwhelmed observe cafés, Mandy and Willo will create a singular expertise that captures the spirit of the area, introduces you to the locals, and likewise ensures you benefit from the issues that matter most to you. They suggest a choice of wine producers to provide the expertise of various approaches to wine making within the area, most are smaller producers and with household involvement and/or historic curiosity.

“Some will have generations of winemaking history, and some will be new producers in the region tearing up the rule books and making fantastic wines” says Mandy. “Often we embody wine producers that aren’t very well-known outdoors of the area or seen on the grocery store shelf. We create genuine visits and memorable tasting experiences. You specify what you wish to style and check out, and so they do the onerous work bringing the itinerary collectively.

Private and private

If you favor privateness and exploring by yourself, you’ll be able to e book an unique and personal keep at La Maison Trumeau. Mandy and Willo will talk about what you’d wish to see and do throughout your keep earlier than you arrive and can then put collectively your foodie itinerary -recommending locations, organizing bookings and taking away all of the onerous work and creating an itinerary for a very fabulous expertise utilizing their insider data and little black e book of savoir-faire. When you arrive, you’ll be able to get pleasure from the home all to your self figuring out all of the bookings are taken care of. And you’ll be able to, in fact, e book as a lot or as little to see and do as you want, enabling you to get probably the most out of your break.

Host and home retreats

If you actually wish to put your toes up, get pleasure from a keep at Le Maison Trumeau together with your hosts available to handle every part out of your day by day meals, to your wine and foodie itineraries. Relax over a four-course dinner at La Maison Trumeau, strive blind tasting of native wines after which head off together with your hosts to discover the distinctive meals and experiences of the area.

The nice gourmand

The Loire is among the nice gourmand areas of France, with serving to of historical past and implausible native panorama to discover.

There is a lot to see and revel in and a La Maison Trumeau meals and wine expertise is an excellent method to get an actual and genuine style of the area. To discover out extra or to e book, go to: lamaisontrumeau.com