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Continuing our detour from the six corners of France, we drove to Sancerre, one of our favorite wine appellations, and then continued on to Chinon, where we’d rented a tiny g\u00eete for the week. The weather wasn’t great, so we tended to stay in until nearly lunchtime, and then head out to visit some ch\u00e2teaux and taste wine all afternoon. Vouvray is another of our favorites, and we found some good ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The Loire Valley is a truly wonderful part of France – there are beautiful ch\u00e2teaux in every direction, and there’s wine to be tasted everywhere you turn. We picnicked on the banks of the Loire, the Thouet, and the Vienne rivers, always drinking local wine and often in view of ch\u00e2teaux. It was a nice break before the near-constant traveling coming up next.<\/p>\n

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About 6 corners of the Hexagon<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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