First things first: our living location has changed from Greece to France, which means Greek salad has changed to frog legs and charcuterie, and tsipuro now equals red wine. All in all, I love it.
What
I do miss from Greece is the cristal clear tourqoise water and freddo
capuccino. How come they don't sell it in anywhere except in Greece?
Greek coffee lovers, big high five for you to be able to enjoy that. But
French cafés you know, when it's +30c outside hot cappucino isn't the
best option.
French
Riviera is the closest that we can get to have an access to a tourqoise
sea and beach. Unfortunately, it situates five hours from us, so quick
afternoon beach trips and dips in the ocean are kind of out question.
Although, what this area does have is a tremendous selection of
spectacular wines.
During
the past weekend we made a visit to one of the local "domaine" called
Sérol. When compressing the whole experience in few words, it looks
something like this; VISIT. THIS. PLACE. The vineyard is beautiful,
clean and has extremely welcoming and warm hearted staff.
The family owned vineyard has a long history and is now operated in the fifth generation by Stéphane Sérol and his wife Carine. The Domaine Sérol, located in Renaison in the verdant valley of Loire, is extremely loyal to manual handling as all the grapes are picked and cleaned by hand. The complete are of Sérol vineyard cultivates 28 hectares ( and has 9, 000 vines/hectare!!) and the ages of the vines range between 5 to 40 years.
Among their other wines, one of the vineyard's apple of the eye is Cuvée Troisgros. The
cuvée (meaning wine batch) is specifically made and selected by the
owner Monsieur Stéphane and Monsieur Troisgros, the head of the three
Michelin star restaurant, Maison Trois Gros, located in Roanne. If you want to look more into this luxury restaurant, there is a documentary in Netflix called Chef's Table: France that features this restaurant.
When it comes to grapes, I do admit that I'm not the greatest master in
knowing much about them. Although I do know that Sérol vineyard is
committed to promote and develop AOC Côte Roannaise, the grape that is used to make red and (really good) sec rosé wines.
The
vineyard is open all year long and has long operating hours, although
make sure you make a reservation before stopping by. Also, keep extra
cash in your pocket because you have the possibility to buy Sérol wines
straight from the winery with very reasonable price. I swear that after
the wine tasting you won't leave home with empty hands.
Un gros bisou,
Emilia
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