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 ...

The Loire Valley in France is famous for its white limestone châteaux, unparalleled goat cheese, and some of the finest wine in the world. From refreshing rosés to honeyed chenin blancs and jammy ...

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 ...

From the Massif Central to Nantes, it’s home to freethinking winemakers making elegant drinks – including thrillingly reinvigorated muscadet The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a ...

The Loire Valley is an outstanding cultural landscape of great beauty, containing historic towns and villages, great architectural monuments (the châteaux), and cultivated lands formed by many ...

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Rethinking what the region’s travel should be has meant expanding the focus from fairy tale castle crawls to experiences anchored more firmly in nature, food and the arts. By Lindsey Tramuta On my ...

Scanning a map of France’s Loire Valley reads like the wine menu of a classic Parisian bistro: Sancerre, Vouvray, Chinon, Saumur, Savennières, Muscadet — each name steeped in viticultural history. The ...

LOIREAUXENCE, FRANCE (REUTERS) - France's river Loire, famous for the hundreds of castles gracing its shores, is a shallow river at the best of times, but this year even its flat-bottom tourist barges ...

France's lavish royal past is everywhere in the gentle landscapes of the Loire Valley. Hundreds of majestic châteaux and palaces follow the course of the country's longest river as it makes its ...