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Known as the Loire Valley or the ‘val de Loire’ in French, the wine-producing land of this region is one of the furthest-spanning in France in that its vines cover 1,000km, from the Massif Central to Nantes. There are 70,000 hectares cultivated – 52,000 of which are classed as AOC – and they touch the following 15 départements: Loire-Atlantique (44), Vendée (85), Maine-et-Loire (49), Deux-Sèvres (79), Vienne (86), Indre (36), Indre-et-Loire (37), Sarthe (72), Loire-et-Cher (41), Loiret (45), Cher (18), Nièvre (58), Allier (03), Puy-de-Dôme (63), and Loire (42).
Whilst wine-growing culture in the Loire Valley is nothing new, it’s true that it’s success really took off from the beginning of the 20th century, in France as well as abroad, notably in the UK. Its origins date back much further, though, to well before the Roman conquest, as proven by several amphora pots found in Chalon-sur-Saône and Angers.
