The western half of the Loire Valley’s ‘Anjou Saumur’ wine region is popularly known as L'Anjou Noir , so named because of its special, dark soils which have produced the most amazing ‘sweet’ Anjou Chenin Blanc wines over centuries - however today the wine world is excited by the potential of its stunning ‘dry’ wines…

Anjou-Saumur lies in the popular Middle Loire section of France’s Loire Valley wine region - the section classified as a ‘World Heritage Site’. We spent time in the region around the beautiful town of Saumur, famous for its white sparkling wines and spent time with top producer Bouvet-Ladubay Saumur…