1. Loire - Noun
2. Loire - Proper noun
the longest French river; rises in the Massif Central and flows north and west to the Atlantic Ocean
Source: WordNetI was chased through a chateau in the Loire Valley by a bunch of American school girls. David Hyde Pierce
The Loire Valley is grossly underestimated. The prices are fair, and the wines are real. Gary Vaynerchuk
Another hypothesis, favored by some French scholars, is that Peter originated in a Tarantaise in Burgundy, or Tarantaise in the Department of the Loire in the Arrondisement of S. Etienne. Source: Internet
It owed this alchemy to owners Peter and Orenda Hale, Brooklyn transplants who two years earlier had installed their natural wine shop, Maine + Loire, at the back of the space. Source: Internet
Smelted Cornish tin was collected at Ictis whence it was conveyed across the Bay of Biscay to the mouth of the Loire and then to Gades via the Loire and Rhone valleys. Source: Internet
In the Loire, up to 20% of Chardonnay can be included in the Chenin blanc -based wines of Anjou blanc and more producers are using the grape to soften some of the edges of Chenin blanc. Source: Internet