[FRENCH] [WINE] WINES & CHATEAUX OF THE LOIRE

London: Cassell & Co., 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth covered boards. Near fine, in very good dust wrapper. 225 pages. 22 x 15 cm. The author, T. A. Layton, a well-known writer on wine decided to travel the Loire from source to mouth, visiting vineyards and places of interest and sampling the wines. His travels took him to the countryside that is outside the usual tourist tracks. The entertaining descriptions of people and place are interspersed with a wealth of wine knowledge. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. Interior and boards clean and crisp. Dust wrapper lightly rubbed. Covered in protective mylar.