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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 25 May 2011

VitiLoire in Tours this Saturday and Sunday: a reminder



Now back in Epeigné-les-Bois, after an early start this morning. The Loire countryside looks very parched  with the grass mainly brown more akin to mid-August in a hot summer. 

A reminder that Vitiloire is on this weekend (Saturday and Sunday) in the centre of Tours:


Tours station

There will be more than 110 Loire producers at Vitiloire 2011 as well as 10 local chefs over the weekend of the 27th and 28th May. There will be stands on the Boulevard Heurteloup, Place de la Gare and in the Jardin de la Préfecture. Full details here including list of producers present.

Stands on the Boulevard Heurteloup (2010 invasion of Tours by the Bourgueil producers)


Among the 110+ producers are: Baudry-Dutour (Chinon), Ch de Bellevue (Layon), Ch de Gaudrelle (Vouvray), Marc Plouzeau (Chinon), Bruno Cormerais (Muscadet), Philippe Cady (Layon), Charles Pain (Chinon), Christian Papin (Anjou), Catherine Dhoye Deruet (Vouvray), Bruno Curassier (Touraine), Antoine Simoneau (Touraine), Jacky Blot (Bourgueil, Montlouis and Vouvray), Victor Lebreton (Anjou), François Jamet (Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil), Vincent Roussely (Touraine), Pierre Aguilas (Layon), Wilfred Rousse (Chinon), Domaine des Forges (Layon and Savennières), Frédéric Hardouin (Chinon), Pascal Janvier (Jasnières), Lysiane and Guy Mabileau (Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil), Sébastien Brunet (Vouvray), Lamé Delisle Boucard (Bourgueil), Pierre Caslot (Bourgueil), Serge Sourdais (Chinon), Clos Neuf des Archambaults (Touraine – Sainte-Maure), Les Maisons Rouges (Jasnières), Nau Frères (Bourgueil), Claude Lafond (Reuilly), Jean-François Merieau (Touraine), Xavier Frissant (Touraine-Amboise) and Bertrand Jousset (Montlouis).

Heading down the A16 to Boulogne

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