Caves Saint-Roch

The Loire Valley is France's 3rd largest producer of wine. Four main grapes are grown: gamay and cabernet franc (reds); sauvignon blanc and chenin blanc (whites). The wines are very reasonably priced.

On the way to Amboise, we stopped by Caves Saint-Roch--a sparkling wine producer.

You can take a self-guided tour of the caves.

The Loire Man carved into the limestone in the cave. Grapes surround him, signifying the grape-growing region.

Test your knowledge of wine bottle sizes: magnum (2 bottles), double magnum (4 bottles), Jeroboam (6 bottles), Imperial (8 bottles), Salmanazar (12 bottles), Balthazar (16 bottles), Nebuchadnezzar (20 bottles).

The ancient tanks--directly dug into the rocks.

They produce an ice champagne, which is quite good, for €5.90.

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