Out of the mountains, into the Ardeche, Rhone briefly before moving onto the Languedoc. Stage 13 – Bourg d’Oisans to…
TDF2018 Stage 12 Alpe d’Huez, Savoie, Beaufort and Quenard Crémant de Savoie
Stage 12, 175.5km, mountain leg, Bourg-Saint-Maurice Les Arcs to the legendary Alpe d’Huez with its 21 switchbacks. Geraint Thomas sprints…
TDF2018 Stage 11 Wine Festival 7/22-7/24 in La Rosière, the Finish
Mountains, mountains, mountains, including the mountain wines of the Haute-Savoie. Stage 11 Albertville – La Rosière Espace San Bernardo 7/18/18 108.5…
TDF2018 Stage 10 The Mountains, The Savoie and Domaine Belluard
Rest day, the French are probably still celebrating the World Cup win but it is a completely new race, we…
TDF2018 Stage 7, 8 and the Cobbles of Stage 9, Bastille Day, Champagne All the Way!
It is hard keeping up with each Stage of the Tour de France 2018 of French wine and food. My…
TDF2018 Stage 5 Quimper and Stage 6 Brest or Why the French Love Oysters and Muscadet
I have been having time management issues in keeping up with the TDF2018 stages so I am grouping Stage 5…
Stage 4 TDF2018 – Sarzeau -Salute to French Cider
La Baule to Sarzeau 7/10/18, Stage 4 195K Flat To recap where we are for Stage 4, we have moved…
TDF2018 Stage 3 Team Time Trial – Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Jo Landron
According to google maps it is a 33 minute drive from the winery of Jo Landron to the start/finish of…
TDF2018 – Stage 2 – Fiefs Vendéens Mareuil
Still within the Fiefs Vendéens wine region of the Pays Nantais, western most sub-region of the Loire Valley, considered the…
Tour de France 2018 aka Tour de French Wine – Stage 1
June was a busy month for me, so no posts. I started a job in the wine department of Eataly…
