Introducing 'les tontons'

Bienvenue to les tontons.

Gracing the front of our wine bar and bistro's cards are our two jovial uncle's.

Symbolic of Bistrot Les Tontons, our two chipper chappies, (who look ready to enjoy themselves!), have now been become a permanent fixture on the front of our wine bar and bistro door.

les tontons = uncle's


Bistrot Les Tontons : Place Saint Pierre, Saumur : Tél: 02 41 59 59 40

Weekend de l'Amateur du Vin d'Evreux

Representing Domaine de la Paleine Gérald returned to Evreux for the Weekend de l'Amateur de Vin d'Evreux wine fair and caught up with Thiebault Huber-Verdereau, Domaine Huber-Verdereau and Géraud Fromont, Domaine des Marnes Blanches both of who we work with at Bistrot Les Tontons and at Ten Green Bottles Wine Shop & Tasting Room in Brighton.

The weekend provided a great opportunity for new vintages to be sampled and future business ventures involving Domaine Huber-Verdereau, Domaine des Marnes Blanches, Bistrot Les Tontons and Ten Green Bottles to be discussed.  One of which will include wine tastings hosted by Thiebault and Géraud in Brighton and Saumur.

Thiebault Huber-Verdereau - Domaine Huber-Verdereau

Géraud Fromont - Domaine des Marnes Blanches

Wine tastings at Bistrot Les Tontons with Thiebault and Géraud will be arranged soon...

Chalonnes-sur-Loire (49) : Fêtes des Vins d'Anjou

Held over the last weekend in February Chalonnes-sur-Loire is one of my favourite wine festivals to attend.

Unlike the trade wine fairs we frequent this is a local affair uniting wine, antiques, cuisine, artisans produce, plants & vegetables, agricultural equipment etc.

And most importantly where the Final for Miss Anjou is held before she heads to hopefully become Miss France !!

"Bonjour Mr Norbet". Peanuts roasted on an open fire yum-yum !

Winter has left the Val de Loire ?

Excited Grandparents arrived at the end of January to spend a relaxing two and a half weeks with Constance & Augustin, Gérald and myself - they arrived and returned in snow !

Last week the words "winter has left the Val de Loire" reached my ears, on verra !  If so, perhaps two and a half weeks wasn't so bad after all ?