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    THE ROMANCE OF THE LOIRE

    Oct 14, 2014 4 minutes
    WORDS Tricia Welsh

    At Le Comptoir Saint Kerber, Pierre Pichot shucks plump oysters, squeezes them with lemon juice and offers them for tasting. He opens a bottle of chilled Jo Landron Domaine Le Fief du Breil, fills glasses and awaits comments on the pairing.

    We are in the lively Les Halles (market) of Tours in the Loire Valley and are indulging in a tasting of three different succulent molluscs from Cancale washed down with the outstanding local muscadet for a mid-morning snack.

    Pichot is an oyster specialist whose family has been farming oysters in France’s oyster capital for 70 years and is just one of the regional food artisans we encounter on an eight-day culinary adventure, Yarra Valley @ Loire Valley hosted by Healesville-based chef

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