Saumur

Saumur is a cooperative in the Maine-et-Loire office in western France. The notable town is situated between the Loire and Thouet waterways, and is encompassed by the vineyards of Saumur itself, Chinon, Bourgueil, Coteaux du Layon, and so on which produce a portion of France's best wines. Houses in Saumur are built solely of the Tuffeau stone. The caverns burrowed to exhume the stone have moved toward becoming passages and have been utilized by the neighborhood vineyards as areas to store their wines.

Saumur is home to the Cadre Noir, the Ecole Nationale d'equitation National School of Horsemanship, known for its yearly pony appears, just as the Armored Branch and Cavalry Training School, the officer school for heavily clad powers tanks. There is the national tank exhibition hall, the Musee des Blindes, with in excess of 850 defensively covered vehicles, wheeled or followed. The greater part of them are from France, however some originate from different nations, for example, Brazil, Germany, and the Soviet Union, just as hub and united vehicles of World War Two.

The wine business encompasses Saumur, many using the passages as basements with the several domaines delivering white, red, rose and shining wines. Visits to makers and the yearly Grandes Tablees du Saumur-Champigny is a prevalent yearly occasion held toward the beginning of August with more than 1 km of tables set up in Saumur so individuals can test the neighborhood nourishments and wine.