The Chateau de Valmer.

Already well known before the Renaissance, the Valmer garden with their Italian style terraces still offer a unique panorama. Balustrades, statues, columns, flights of steps and fountains combine with the arbours, flowers, fruit and vegetables to create a range of charming settings.

In 2001, Alix de Saint Venant and Sébastien Verdière, the gardener-botanists of Valmer, totally redesigned the two acre sixteenth century kitchen garden which offers a happy combination of science and aesthetic pleasure.

In 2004, they have built a huge pergola covered with an impressive collection of gourds.

Valmer also produces Vouvray sparkling and white wines - dry, medium and sweet - bottled at the Chateau by the owner.

This exceptional chapel, dating back to 1524, has been hollowed out of the hill by Messire Jehan Binet.

A stairway in the rock allowed direct access to the Chateau. The chapel comprises two naves of unequal width, each with two bays, vaulted over lowered intersecting ribs. The main altar is decorated with a triptych altar-piece representing a Pieta (15 th century).

The Château de Valmer
Chançay - 37210 Vouvray
Val de Loire - France
Official Valmer web site : www.chateau-de-valmer.com.

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