Taltarni, Wines from Autralian Pyrenees with Breton Winemaker

I never tasted any of the Taltarni wines nor remember noticing them.

What piqued my curiosity at first was How to Pour Sparkling Wine with Loïc Le Calvez (on Chow) or should I say the Britanny link of the story.

With a name like Loïc Le Calvez, the senior winemaker of Taltarni Vineyards had to have Breton roots (like myself).

I discovered that he got his taste for wine from his father who owns a number of wine stores in the Celtic region.

The Age offered Harvesting Australian vintage with a Gallic passion (March 2004) a profile of Loïc Le Calvez. From various other pieces I gathered that he has strong opinions which could be defined as a French trait.

Should we call its location Moonambel in the Victorian Pyrenees mountain district about 160  miles northwest of Melbourne another French Connection?

Add to the flavors of southern France, a Petanque court near the Cellar Door and Red Earth Café serving local fare on the Taltarni Vineyards grounds.

Related: How New Zealand wines led me to a breton sounding pacific island named 'Kermadec'