Awards and citations:


1997: Le Prix du Champagne Lanson Noble Cuvée Award for investigations into Champagne for the Millennium investment scams

2001: Le Prix Champagne Lanson Ivory Award for investdrinks.org

2011: Vindic d'Or MMXI – 'Meilleur blog anti-1855'

2011: Robert M. Parker, Jnr: ‘This blogger...’:

2012: Born Digital Wine Awards: No Pay No Jay – best investigative wine story

2012: International Wine Challenge – Personality of the Year Award




Wednesday 1 July 2009

Further snippets of news: oysters and leaving La Grille

New oyster bar in Les Halles, Tours to open in October

Pierre Pichot (right) with Gérard Vallée (Saint-Nicolas-de-Bougueil) during the Cab Franc Ambassadors evening in O Bistro, February 2009

Pierre Pichot, export manager at InterLoire, is leaving the organisation in September to open an oyster bar in Les Halles in October. The move is not a total surprise as Pierre's family run the Les Parcs St. Kerber / Les Viviers d'Armor, who are reputed for their oysters. During the Cabernet Franc Ambassadors tasting in Paris, we had a tasting of them at Les Comédiens – they were so good that I shamefully neglected to make proper notes on the three different types of oyster we tried. Not sure whether you will be able to order a 'pichot' a of wine!

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Château de la Grille

Jean-Max Manceau
I understand that Jean-Max will be leaving Château
de la Grille, Chinon at the end of this month after 28 years. Jean-Max had been in charge of the estate, which was bought by Baudry-Dutour in January. He has his own family estate: the Domaine de Noire.

Domaine de Noire, 160 Rue de l'Olive, 37500 Chinon Tel. : 06 76 81 91 29 Email : jmmanceau@club-internet.fr

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