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	Sancerre Wine Information
		The Sancerre region of France is located in the Loire valley.
		White sancerre comes from the Sauvignon Blanc grape.
		The rosé and red Sancerre are made from Pinot Noir, and therefore is pretty light and fruity.
	www.wineintro.com /types/sancerre.html (119 words)

	Sauvignon blanc - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In France Sauvignon blanc is grown in Bordeaux, the Loire Valley (as Pouilly Fumé, Sancerre, and Sauvignon de Touraine), and Sauternes.
		In the 1990s, wines from New Zealand made the grape quite popular, with less expensive and varietally correct wines produced by wineries such as Montana, Babich, Hunters and Cloudy Bay Vineyards.
		In California until the 1970s it was usually made as a nondescript semi-sweet wine until Robert Mondavi made a dry varietal he named Fumé Blanc (a reference to Pouilly Fumé) which became so successful that the name Fumé Blanc is now recognised as a legal synonym for Sauvignon Blanc in the US.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sauvignon_blanc (414 words)

	Made for each other
		The wines of Sancerre and its neighbor, Pouilly-Fume, are the ultimate expression of the sauvignon blanc grape.
		Sancerre is a bit racier and brighter, and Pouilly-Fume tends to be deeper and denser, but only a brave soul would try to distinguish them in a blind tasting.
		For example, Piedmontese wines such as Barolo and Barbaresco go famously with the musky wild truffles of the area; the minty, cedar notes of Pauillac wine are a splendid match with the locally raised lamb.
	www.azcentral.com /home/wine/articles/0517pair17.html (1013 words)

	Wine Review Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Although the wine is still quite young, the richness of the fruit makes current consumption very enjoyable, as the wood and tannin are easily counterbalanced by the deep, dark fruit flavors.
		The wine is fermented in stainless steel tanks (hence the 'Metallico' name) to retain the acidity and clean flavors, then aged briefly in older oak barrels that are neutral and impart none of the wood taste that can make a Chardonnay slightly heavy on the palate.
		While the wine is in barrel the lees are stirred to give the wine texture and additional complexity.
	www.winereviewonline.com /wine_reviews.cfm (1654 words)

	Wine of Sancerre and Menetou Salon - Domaine Franck Millet
		Sancerre Blanc is a wonderful apéritif and a fine accompaniment to fish, crustaceans and goat cheese (particularly the famous local "Crottin de Chavignol").
		The wine is then filtered and 30% is aged in oak barrels for 10 months, while 70% is vat aged.
		Sancerre Rouge is a good match with cold meats, white and red meats as well as fish served with sauce and a wide range of cheeses.
	www.millet-sancerre.com /index_us.htm (453 words)

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		Sancerre, a wine region in France's upper Loire Valley, produces an excellent white wine to accompany appetizers, fish and shellfish.
		Wines from Sancerre are fresh, fruity but crisp, and they usually have a pleasant mineral aroma or taste.
		This wine exploded in the mouth, its flavors typical of a Sancerre.
	www.lsj.com /things/wine/p_030920_wine_1d.html (368 words)

	Sancerre AC Definition in the Wine Dictionary at Epicurious.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Sancerre AC surrounds the village of Sancerre and thirteen others in the upper portion of France's
		is the grape used for the white wines, which are generally produced in a
		and not nearly as highly regarded as the white wines.
	www.epicurious.com /drinking/wine_dictionary/entry?id=7892 (246 words)

	DenverPost.com - Sancerre: Wine, bread and french fries
		Red, white and pink wine, sparkling and still wine, bone dry wine and wines sweet as honey all flow from a 120,000 acre (50,000 hectare) area that extends inland from the mouth of the river near Nantes, and meanders along the banks of the Loire all the way to Sancerre and Pouilly Fuma.
		Quincy and Reuilly, two tiny wine areas situated at the exact center of France, grow sauvignon blanc for white wines (which at best are dry and fresh), and for their fruity reds, pinot noir and gamay.
		The wine is cool and pleasantly tart, and its effect on the crottin is remarkable as it tames the cheese's aggressiveness, and brings its salinity back into balance.
	www.denverpost.com /podcasts/ci_0002580030 (1513 words)

	Ville Sancerre - historique
		The Hundred Years War, the Wars of Religion (during which Sancerre became a Protestant stronghold and underwent a terrible siege in 1573) and a royalist uprising during the Revolution called "The Sancerre Vendée" are some of the city's most remarkable historical events from the XIIth to the end of the XVIIIth centuries.
		From that period onward, Sancerre lost its strategic importance and was forced to submit to the laws of the State despite its naturally resistant character.
		Sancerre was designated the seat of government for its administrative district in Year 8 of the first Republic, but in 1926 the sous-préfecture and various administrative services were transferred from the city.
	www.ville-sancerre.com /en/tourisme/historique/accueil.html (235 words)

	Cyber Circle Newsletter
		Sancerre is both a town and a wine region.
		Sancerre, the wine region, surrounds the town and consists of 14 communes, encompassing numerous microclimates.
		For many years, Sancerre was thought of as the white equivalent of Beaujolais - light to medium-bodied in style, and enjoyable either as a solo sipper or with a wide array of foods.
	www.acwc.com /a2z/s.cfm (547 words)

	Rare California and imported French wine - Estates - ExceptionalWines.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Wines produced from vineyards here are known for taking the aromatic character of the Sauvignon grape to a degree not found elsewhere.
		The resulting white Sancerre is very perfumey in the nose, with flavors of grapefruit, melon and plumeria leading to a silky, dry mid-palate with extraordinary complexity on the high acid finish.
		The wine, in bottle now for over a year, is beginning to show all of the complexities for which Sancerre has become famous.
	www.exceptionalwines.com /singleestate_true_completewinelist.html&id=14 (380 words)

	Wines of the Loire Valley
		Used for Sancerre and Pouilly-Fume, and is often made in a style that accentuates the grassy and herbal notes of the grape.
		Sancerre in particular is usually made to accentuate the grassy and herbal tones of the grape, resulting in an extremely lively, flavorful, and pungent wine.
		Sancerre is made much more herbal and pungent than most other Sauvignon Blancs, so be prepared to face a wild cacophony of strong flavors.
	www.cs.utexas.edu /users/walter/wine/loire.html (616 words)

	The Wine News Magazine - Cycling Toward Sancerre
		But after a hot shower, a couple of glasses of Sancerre in front of Le Vieux Moulin's fireplace and a delicious dinner of lapin à la moutarde (rabbit in mustard sauce), my body and soul were restored enough to contemplate the possibility of climbing back in the saddle the next day.
		Sancerre was almost always visible in the distance, as was St. Andelain, one of the region's most important communes (along with Tracy and Les Loges), in the other direction.
		We never made it to the village of Sancerre, but that evening, the pure, zesty character of its wine was the perfect foil for Le Vieux Moulin's duck with fl currant sauce.
	www.thewinenews.com /febmar99/cycling.html (2487 words)

	Brigitte's Wine List
		Wine Spectator (10/15/00) rated the 1998 Guyon 92 points and described it as a, "Huge wine that is ultraripe yet also structured.
		This exquisite wine was rated two stars by Hachette (2005) and described as, "Jaune pale limpide et brillant, ce rully libere progressivement ses aromes sur des notes de fruits sec et de fruits jaunes." Wine Advocate (Feb-04) called it, "a suave, fresh, sappy wine with pear, flint, and stony fruit flavors".
		Wine Spectator (6/30/03) rated it 90 points and described it as, "Silky-textured and well-proportioned, with rich toasty oak wrapped around a core of ripe pear, tangerine and fig-infused flavors.
	www.brigittescuisine.com /brigittes/Beverages/white.htm (1182 words)

	Wine: Loire Valley Wines for Valentine's Day: Sancerre, Vouvray, Muscadet, Chinon, and more, on StarChefs
		The wines of the Loire Valley, on the other hand, are a great value, largely underappreciated and encompassing a broad range of styles: red, white, sparkling, and dessert.
		Storing wine for several years can drive up a winemaker’s expenses, but somehow his prices remain comparable to those of his peers, and there’s a peace of mind that comes from knowing that a winery is selling its wine when it’s ready, not just when they need to make room in their cellar.
		What makes all three wines special is ripeness; the red fruits – sour cranberry, strawberry – and vegetal qualities that can be common in the Loire’s reds have instead deepened into flberry and cassis; in the “Terres Chaudes” the fruitiness is rounded out by light, toasty touches of oak from aging in one-year-old barrels.
	www.starchefs.com /wine/features/html/valentine05/html (2052 words)

	Food and Wine Evening ,1999 (2)
		The food was wonderful, the wines went down a storm, and I was delighted with the wine/food match.
		The wine is very appealing on the nose, with lime fruit and a wonderfully honeyed character (that has developed considerably since last tasting 6 months ago).
		This wine was probably the hit of the night and was a gorgeous partner to the dessert.
	www.wine-pages.com /organise/braid3.htm (813 words)

	Wine Tasting, Vineyards, in France: July 2004
		Architecture and wine culture have a common ground in the "Loges de Vignes", or vineyards shelters that dot the vineyard landscapes in some french wine regions, like around Valencay in the Loire Valley.
		In the Valencay wine region, wich is one of the Appellations of Loire Valley wines, Loges de vignes are a common feature when you visit the place.
		The exact location of this wine bar is 3 rue Jouye Rouve in the 20 th arrondissement (ph: 01 43 49 39 70).
	www.wineterroirs.com /2004/07 (2661 words)

	Wineries Of The Loire Valley
		The wines tend to be extremely fragrant, with soft fruit and a hint of spice.
		Sancerre does make legitimate reds and rosés from Pinot Noir, but these wines are more reliant on the conditions of the vintage than the whites (they are definitely worth trying, though).
		The wines share a distinct similarity to their cousins across the river and are usually fuller, perfumed, and firmer with more mineral qualities due to the limestone soils the vineyards are on.
	www.touringinwinecountry.com /loire/wineries/index.html (1403 words)

	AIW \| Loire Valley
		It is a ripe, crisp wine with unmistakable Loire character and is the equal of many Sancerres in the market, and a far better value.
		The wine is fermented slowly and aged in stainless steel to preserve all of the natural fruit.
		The wines are then aged in Bordeaux casks in his remarkable 54 degree cellar caves cut into the limestone slopes and are bottled without filtration.
	www.adventuresinwine.net /?c=Loire-Valley (647 words)

	Lee's Wine Club
		The wine was made in the traditional style with alcoholic and malolactic fermentations and the concentration and structure is evidence of this.
		This wine is made in Lazio, just 35 miles from Rome, in the Umbria region of the Central part of Italy, and the man behind this outstanding venture is Ricardo Cotarella, who is a real wine guru and perhaps one of the greatest contemporary winemakers in Italy.
		The wines of Sancerre were mentioned in historical documents as early as 582 and through the middle ages they were favored by the Kings of France as some of the best in the kingdom.
	www.leeswineclub.com /leeswineclub/reviews.html (5138 words)

	Sancerre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The town of Sancerre is a remarkable landmark.
		Sancerre and the surrounding scenery is protected under national and European preservation laws.
		The endless rows of vine tendrils produce a wine that is famous for his incomparable intensity and finesse.
	www.maigret-in-france.net /travsan.htm (583 words)

	Made for Each Other (washingtonpost.com)
		The wines of Sancerre and its neighbor, Pouilly-Fume, are the ultimate expression of the sauvignon blanc grape.
		Sancerre is a bit racier and brighter, and Pouilly-Fume tends to be deeper and denser, but only a brave soul would try to distinguish them in a blind tasting.
		For example, Piedmontese wines such as Barolo and Barbaresco go famously with the musky wild truffles of the area; the minty, cedar notes of Pauillac wine are a splendid match with the locally raised lamb.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A46060-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_food/columns/wine (1069 words)

	Wine Terminology (Food & Drink: Wines)
		Off-dry wine is a wine where the fermentation process might be ended a little bit earlier, so as to leave a small amount of residual sugar in the wine, obviously making it that little bit sweeter and so off-dry.
		An aromatic wine is a wine where the emphasis is more on the perfume, aroma of the wine and floral nuances rather than on power, spice or heaviness.
		In wine terminology, ‘fortified wine' is where a wine is made in the normal fermentation process turning the sugars into alcohol, but then that process is stopped, or arrested by the addition of grape spirit, with the stronger alcohol killing the fermentation.
	www.videojug.com /interview/wine-terminology (1124 words)

	Wine: Best Producers: Loire, France
		Pouilly-Fumé and Sancerre are regions well known for producing snappy, clean, refreshing white wines from the sauvignon blanc grape.
		These wines tend to have a fresh, herbal pungency, though some examples are now aged in oak.
		In a ripe vintage (such as 1989, 1990, 1995, or 1996) from a good producer, however, the wine will be exotically aromatic and firm, with a racy edge of acidity.
	www.tastings.com /wine/best_producers/france_loire.html (345 words)

	b&b and hollidays cottages Logis du Grillon Sancerre, Cher, Sancerre, Loire Valley, France Bed & Breakfast Inns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Bed and breakfast accomodation and cottages in Sancerre, in the heart of the oldest typical wine district of Sancerre.
		In the heart of the medieval city, we offer you a bandb inn with the charm of an old renovated wine grower residence, of the XIV and XV° centuries, located in the oldest district of Sancerre.
		Hemmed shutters "binds wine", "bed and breakfast accomodation Le Logis du Grillon" is leaned with the old vault of the convent, and it takes half of the street.
	www.ibbp.com /europe/france/logisgrillon.html (534 words)

	Vincent Grall - Sancerre - en - histoire
		The Sancerre vineyards were already well-known by the 12th century for their red wine (Pinot Noir).
		The 'Tour des Fiefs', vestige of Sancerre’s feudal past, this imposing stone tower dates from the 14th century and was a part of the original château.
		The Sancerre appellation was recognized in the first AOC decree in 1936 and Sancerre Red an Rosé wines were in their turn classified in 1959.
	www.grall-vigneron-sancerre.com /accueil/index.en.php5?rub=en&page=histoire (291 words)

	Wine Regions (Food & Drink: Wines)
		Wine is produced in virtually every part of the world, from India to China, North America to the very tip of South America in Patagonia.
		Sancerre is a wine-producing region in the Loire valley in France that is more famous for its white wines, which are made from Sauvignon Blanc, but also makes a rose and reds from the Pinot Noir grape.
		Rioja wines include young wines that are best drunk in their first one or two years, right through to wines that will keep for twenty or thirty years.
	www.videojug.com /interview/wine-regions (1059 words)

	Sancerre mixes fruity freshness with hint of minerals
		1, 2003 12:00 AM Sancerre, a wine region in France's upper Loire Valley, produces an excellent white wine to accompany appetizers, fish and shellfish.
		This wine had a more muted nose than the others, showing anise, grass and minerals.
		This wine mixed the flavors of fl and red berries with a pleasant dustiness and hints of vanilla from the wood.
	www.azcentral.com /home/wine/articles/1001sancerre01.html (496 words)

	2004 Domaine Du Rochoy Sancerre wine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Founded in 1850 in the heart of the prestigious Sancerre appellation, Domaine Laporte is renowned for its quality.
		After racking at low temperature, the wine ferments during 10 days in stainless steel tanks at temperatures ranging from 15º to 20ºC (59º to 68ºF).
		The wine is matured on its fine lees for 5 months and is then vacuum-bottled (exclusively in darkly tinted bottles).
	www.everywine.co.uk /every-wine/56737-domaine-du-rochoy-sancerre-wine-sancerre-loire-france.html (168 words)

	wines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		SANCERRE - from the Sancerre wine-growing area of Orleans, this bright, lemon-yellow wine has a silvery sparkle and a distinctive aroma.
		POUILLY FUME – From the Loire Valley south of Orleans, this is a crisps, dry, aromatic wine with hints of capsicum and flcurrants on the nose and palate.
		Low yielding vines give this wine remarkable harmony and balance; qualities that are enhanced by a period of ageing in oak barrels, prior to bottling.
	www.jeggs.co.uk /wines.html (410 words)

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