Loire Valley offers huge diversity of wine styles, yet doesn't lose its focus. The first in an occasional series of appellations to know for 2019.

Also a magnum of white wine with an image of Santa Claus etched on the bottle. Worth the splurge: All the wines in the Loire Valley. Staying in the chateaus after we left the boat.

Vineyard in the Loire Valley, France If you like a cheap date and wine monogamy isn’t your thing, you’ll love playing the field with Loire Valley wines. A long and winding region threaded by ...