This is Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil !!!

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I came to Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil for a friend’s wine, and turn out to be a wonderful stop thereafter. This town proves again,the choices are endless and each time we enjoy a bit more of my belle France. Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil is located in the dept. no 37 of Indre et Loire in the Centre-Val de Loire region of my belle France. This small town is located on the road to the large castles of the valley of the kings such as Chenonceau, Villandry, etc. The town is located in Touraine Angevine, formerly Anjou, until the French revolution. Do see my other posts on the wine, this one will be in my black and white series, no pictures, Therefore, let me tell you a bit on this is Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil !!!  Hope you enjoy the post as I. In addition to its current Church Saint Nicolas ,built in 1834, the town housed some beautiful residences, all private property, including: Le Manoir du Port Guyet (1430) where Marie Dupin lived, muse of the poet Pierre de Ronsard; The Château du Port Guyet (1850); The manor of Vaux (16C – modified in the 19C); The Mansion de La Cotelleraie (16C – revised in the 19C), the Moulin de Nine (19C) and the Manor de La Contrie(19C) , Here developped an interesting game : The “Boule de Fort” game has been particularly developed in this region of Touraine Angevine in the 19C, and remains an extremely alive tradition in the town which offers two societies: « Le cercle du Bon Accord » and « Le cercle des Bons Amis ». It is practiced with a cormier wooden ball, circulated by iron, half-platform, equipped on a concave side “weak”, and with another “strong” convex, hence its name. The players then twirl these balls so characteristic on a curved track 25 meters long by 6 meters wide, and seek to reach the “master”, a small boxwood. “Cormier wood” and plastic coatings of the tracks replaced the clay sand in the region, curious walkers will be fascinated by the surprising ride of the balls and the friendly atmosphere of the two authentic societies. The town of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil is a high place of Loire viticulture. The best known wines are obviously the Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil (AOC) and the Bourgueil (AOC) which exist in red and rosé. However, other wines can be produced there like: Touraine, Crémant de Loire, IGP Val de Loire and Loire Rosé The agricultural and wine union of Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil was created in 1891 , and on July 31, 1937, Saint Nicolas obtained his AOC (appellation d’origine controllée) for its unique red wine from Cabernet Franc. In 1977 was created the brotherhood “The commandery of the Dive Bouteille de Bourgueil and Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil”. A bit of history I like tell us that from the beginning of the 4C, trade was done with the vines under the impetus of Saint Martin the “Saint winemaker”. Saint Nicolas depended on the abbey of Bourgueil founded in 987, Under the Ancien Régime (monarchy), the parish was part of the senechaussee of Saumur and the province of Anjou. In 1790, during the French revolution, the population demonstrated with those of Bourgueil for the maintenance of their village in the administrative jurisdiction of Saumur. The Constituent Assembly decided otherwise and the western part of Saumur (from Bourgueil to Gizeux) was detached from historic Anjou and attached to the brand new department of Indre-et-Loire, as well as the territory of Château-la-Vallière. also detached from Anjou. In 1790-1794, Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil annexed the village of Taille. The current town of Saint-Nicolas was built in the center of the town under the July Monarchy. The town of St Nicolas de Bourgueil on vignoble de la Rodaie (our friends ‘ wines) :  https://stnicolasdebourgueil.fr/vignerons/vignoble-de-la-rodaie/ The town of Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil on its wine heritage : https://www.saint-nicolas-de-bourgueil.fr/fr/339/vin-et-vignoble/l-appellation-saint-nicolas-de-bourgueil.html The town of Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil on its history/heritage : https://www.saint-nicolas-de-bourgueil.fr/fr/461/tourisme/histoire-et-patrimoine/le-blason-de-saint-nicolas-de-bourgueil.html There you go folks, always nice to be back in Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil. There is so much to see here and so many good wines of the Loire in the valley of the kings of France! Again, hope you enjoy this post on this is Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil !!! as I. And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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