This photograph taken on July 16, 2017, shows an aerial view of Chateau Chenonceaux on the River Cher, some 30kms east of Tours. - Built in 1513 by Katherine Briconnet and enriched by Diane de ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lana Bortolot covers the intersection of wine, business and culture. France’s Loire Valley may be known for its fairy-tale-like ...

When sitting down for a meal, I’ll typically start with a gin Martini or glass of sparkling wine, specifically Champagne if ...

White wine enthusiasts have fallen hard for sancerre. This Loire Valley appellation, known for exceptional sauvignon blanc, has gained significant consumer recognition lately. Its food-pairing ...

If the famed French writer Victor Hugo had visited the Château de Chambord today, it’s safe to say he would have been over-sharing it on Instagram. After travelling there for the first time, he wrote: ...

The cultural landscape of the Loire Valley (France) has launched a new promotion and interpretation tool: a geo localized application for Smartphones on the landscape of the Loire valley: "The Loire ...

FOR one reason or another I seemed to have bypassed the joys that the Loire Valley has to offer until April this year. Twenty years tasting wines – many of them from the Loire – and never once setting ...

Named for the river that runs through it, which incidentally is France’s longest river, the Loire Valley is home to much more than medieval chateaus and grand royal estates. Its fertile land that runs ...

This sprawling agricultural estate in France’s western Loire Valley offers a strikingly handsome 19th-century castle and modern amenities like a nine-hole golf course, a heated pool and a tennis court ...

The largest, and one of the coolest, wine regions of France also happens to produce some of the most approachable, easy drinking wines in the world. And they are anything but boring. The wines of the ...