Chinon is hidden away in the Loire Valley, in-between Bordeaux and Burgundy. It is inconvenient to visit as it is not near a major highway. Chinon wines have been noted since the sixteenth century but ...

There is wine and there is food. I could raise a glass of Thunderbird and pair it with a Big Mac – and I would have met the basic criteria for a food and wine pairing. There is wine and there is food.

2004-04-08 04:00:00 PDT Angers, France-- The Loire River rises in France's Cevennes Mountains, plunges north through the gorges of the Massif Central and, taking a wide swing to the northwest and then ...