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Wines from Anjou, a region in the Middle Loire Valley in France, were the absolute favorite of D’Artagnan the Gascon, the so-called 4th musketeer. Throughout Alexandre Dumas’s saga beginning with “The Three Musketeers” and ending with “The Man in the Iron Mask” the white wines are vaunted and revered, particularly by D'Artagnan. This episode explores the wines of Anjou, and the wines the 17th century musketeers actually might have been drinking. Then we take a small side trip to discover why, potentially, Alexandre Dumas was specific in naming the regional wines in his works. Resources from this episode: Books: French Wine Scholar Study Manual, 5th Edition, Wine Scholar Guild (2015) Oxford Companion to Wine, 4th Edition, Robinson, J. and Harding, J. (2015) Wine Bible, 2nd Edition, MacNeil, K. (2015) World Atlas of Wine, 7th Edition, Johnson, H., and Robinson, J. (2013) Websites: Federation Viticole: Cahier des Charges Anjou 2016 https://federationviticole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/CDC_Anjou_2016.pdf Loire Valley Wine: Anjou https://loirevalleywine.com/appellation/anjou/ Paris Review: Cooking with Alexandre Dumas, Stivers, V. (2018) https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/03/16/cooking-with-alexandre-dumas/ Podcasts: Glass in Session®: S2E2: Behind Botrytis - Beautiful Wines from Ugly Grapes https://glassinsession.libsyn.com/s2e2-behind-botrytis-beautiful-wines-from-ugly-grapes Glass in Session®: S5E1: A Pét-Nat Chit-Chat https://glassinsession.libsyn.com/s5e1-a-pt-nat-chit-chat Glass in Session® is a registered trademark of Vino With Val, LLC. Music: Addict Sound (Jamendo.com cc_Standard License, Jamendo S.A.)