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The garden of the Pr\u00e9fecture, General Leclerc Square and Boulevard Heurteloup become a great open-air salon, where around <strong>140 winemakers<\/strong> will pour the soul of their terroirs for nearly 40,000 impassioned visitors.It\u2019s hard not to smile at the contrast: once the epicenter of French royal power, the Loire now plays host to tastings where discussions of chenin\u2019s minerality replace courtly intrigue. Still, there\u2019s elegance here\u2014the kind found in a glass of Montlouis, or in a chef\u2019s gesture over a velout\u00e9 of river trout. The <em>Pavillon des chefs<\/em> becomes a culinary amphitheater, where stars like <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christopher_Coutanceau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christopher Coutanceau<\/a> choreograph textures and aromas before an audience awash in appetite and curiosity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But this year adds a new vintage to its story. On Sunday, May 25 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., a brand-new &#8220;master class&#8221; will decode the whispers of cabernet franc and dissect the vocabulary sommeliers guard like treasure. And if wine\u2019s always tasted too cryptic for your palate? Let Alexis Caraux, the sommelier with a gift for synesthetic suggestion, paint your ideal bottle as a true \u201cflavor portrait.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This edition is also rich in cultural terroir. From May 17 to September 28, Laure D\u00e9go\u2019s photographic journey &#8220;From Vine to Glass&#8221; strolls through Tours\u2019 most poetic gardens\u2014first the Pr\u00e9fecture, then the Jardin botanique and finally the Pr\u00e9bendes. Her lens captures not the clich\u00e9 of vineyards, but their <em>quiet labor and seasonal chiaroscuro<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No tour of the senses would be complete without a challenge. Sunday morning\u2019s <strong>Grand Test of Loire wines<\/strong> (8:30\u201312:00) returns, inviting oenophiles to blind-taste their way through five whites, five reds and three sparkling candidates, deciphering grape, region and\u2014if the gods smile upon your palate\u2014even vintage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And while your senses swirl, history murmurs in the background. The Loire Valley, after all, didn\u2019t become a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNESCO World Heritage site<\/a> by hiding its light under a barrel. 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