WINE BARS & VINTNERS

Chinon has two, both quite different from each other and both selling excellent local wines, with charcuterie and cheese to eat ‘sur place’. The Cabane à Vin, run by Emilie, is next to the Marie (23 Place du Général de Gaulle). She can give you a great education on Chinon wine helped by the fact that her husband was an organic winemaker.

Cave Voltaire is the second one, run by Flo and tucked away down a beautiful cobbled street under the shadow of the Château de Chinon (13 Rue Voltaire). Try the Pascal Lambert’s petillant.

Both wine bars carry a different selection of wines from each other. Both open at around 11am-3pm; 5pm-8/9pm … sometimes later, depending on what is going on. Pop in and check!