The Loire Valley Wine Trade Fair

A major event in the international wine calendar The Loire Valley Wine Trade Fair, Salon des Vins de Loire, will be held on Sunday 30 January, Monday 31 January and Tuesday 01 February 2011 at the Angers Expo Congrès, Route de Paris, 49044 Angers

The Guardian, Fiona Beckett - Wine: Local Heros

Wine: Local Heros
Independent wine merchants have a reputation as being expensive. But set preconceptions aside, and there are bargains to be had the equal of any in a supermarket, says Fiona Beckett

Ten Green Bottles is altogether funkier. This shop and wine bar in Brighton supplies restaurants as diverse as The Fat Duck and MsMarmitelover's Underground Restaurant. They specialise in hard-to-find bottles such as biodynamic Saumur producer Domaine de la Paleine's Scherzo 2008 (£10.99; 14% abv), a lovely, off-dry chenin that would add real class to jazzed-up turkey leftovers (creamy or spicy).

To read the full article click here - Fiona Beckett 'Wine: Local Heros'

Wine Tasting with Gérald at The Wine Shop & Tasting Room, Brighton

On Sunday 10 October Gérald hosted a private wine tasting at The Wine Shop & Tasting Room in Brighton, UK.

The attending 30 guests enjoyed a selection of chenin & cabernet franc wines from Domaine de la Paleine, accompanied by an accords mets et vins, food dishes chosen to compliment each wine sampled.



















(Ten Green Bottles : Sam Devaney, Simon Broad & Gérald Beaumont)

Gérald will be returning to The Wine Shop & Tasting Room on Sunday 21 November 2010 - please contact The Wine Shop & Tasting Room for further information.

The Wine Shop & Tasting Room
9 Jubliee Street
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 1GE

t : +44 (0) 1273 567176
e : shop@tengreenbottles.com

Loire Valley Cabernet Franc Ambassadors

Cabernet Franc Ambassadors - Vinoteca, London - 22 November 2010

Next month Gérald will return to London for an evening dedicated to the Loire Valley Cabernet Franc Ambassadors which will be held at Vinoteca, Wine Bar in London. Of the 35 selected 'ambassadors', Domaine de la Paleine has been referenced twice under AOC Saumur and AOC Saumur-Puy-Notre-Dame:

~AOC Saumur, Cuvée de Printemps 2008
~AOC Saumur-Puy-Notre-Dame 2008

Both of the Cabernet Franc Ambassadors can be sampled at The Wine Shop & Tasting Room in Brighton, UK along with a selection of other Domaine de la Paleine favourites, or purchased online from Ten Green Bottles.

The Irish Veteran & Vintage Car Club

In September 26 vintage cars and 52 car enthusiasts from The Irish Veteran & Vintage Car Club visited Gérald at Domaine for a private wine tour & wine tasting.

Pat Meehan from The Irish Veteran & Vintage Car Club writes the following of their experience.

In September our club ran a motoring holiday to the Loire Valley in France a total of twenty six cars and fifty two car enthusiasts. The event was a great success helped in no small way with ten days of glorious weather.

The highlight of the trip was our visit with Gerald Beaumont at Domaine de la Paleine, a vineyard in Le Puy Notre Dame some 20 kms south west of our base in Saumur.

Gerald was most helpful meeting our cars at our hotel where we were staying and leading the party to the Domaine where we all met in a spacious car park prior to our tour of the vineyard.



Geralds expert knowledge of the wine making process was soon evident - from the planting of the vine in the chalky soil of this region to the final bottling, labelling and packaging of the finished product.

He explained the way of allowing grass to grow between the plants to encourage the vine roots to search for water essential for growth of the chenin vines in this vineyard (an area of over 30 hectares).


The wine produced here is of a high quality, described as full bodied and fruity.

The equipment is of the highest modern standard, from the stainless steel vats to the expensive French oak barrels.

We were impressed with the wine cellars running for nearly a mile under the Domaine giving a constant temperature of 12.c.

Modern machines for turning the bottles compared with a hundred year old wine press once operated by a single donkey were well photographed.

The wine tasting was most enjoyable, again Gerald explaining the young to mature varieties produced in this Domaine - red, white, rosé & sparkling.

At the end of a most interesting two hour tour we were pleased to purchase some of this excellent wine.

Our host Gerald Beaumont and the staff were most informative helpful and friendly. A wine tour which we highly recommend.

Pat Meehan, The Irish Veteran & Vintage Car Club

Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Guide 2010

Featuring in Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Guide 2010 Domaine de la Paleine is quoted amongst the better producers in the AOC Saumur and amongst the 'best producers' of the Saumur Brut.

Wine enthusiasts seeking an Oz Clarke style wine tasting can visit Domaine de la Paleine, a beautiful vineyard set in the picturesque village of Le Puy Notre Dame, south of Saumur.

Hosted by Gérald Beaumont, a bilingual French wine professional experience a privately conducted wine course, wine tour & wine tasting at Domaine de la Paleine, sample the Brut Saumur referrenced by Oz Clarke and the many more exquiste wines produced by this highly reputed Domaine.

If the Loire Valley is a little too far to go, you can meet Gérald at The Wine Shop & Tasting Room, Brighton, UK and enjoy a private wine tasting accompanied by an accords mets et vins, wine & food pairing.

Discover with Gérald the diverse wines from Domaine de la Paleine while learning about wine, the vines, food pairing & wine production.

Bonne dégustation.

For further information about our private wine courses, luxury wine breaks, full day Loire Valley wine tours & privately conducted wine tastings please contact Sarah-Jane at: info@loirevalleyuncorked.net

Article : Off Licence News - Ten Green Bottles

Ten Green Bottles opens first wine shop
Ten Green Bottles, the Sussex online wine merchant and wholesaler, makes its first foray into the off-trade this month.
The company is opening a store in Brighton, called The Wine Shop & Tasting Room, which will feature 200 wines sourced direct from producers.

For the full article - Off Licence News, The Voice of Drinks Retailing