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Walking down the famous Avenue de Champagne in Epernay, France and visiting a nearby vineyard.

We didn’t know what to expect. The COVID travel restrictions had just lifted in France, and after months of longing for the countryside, Parisians were ready to get out of the city. Genet, my wife, had found a hotel online; a reasonably priced fairytale 17th-century château – there are dozens of them around Paris –

I just attended the Wine-Paris 2025 expo, an amazing gathering of professionals of the wine business from all over the world: 5300 exhibitors, over 50,000 visitors. Here are some of my findings. My first stop was at the Loire Valley Wines booth: Chenin Blanc from Vouvray and Crémant de Loire y next stop was The