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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 1 January 2014

Speedy Newtonmore piper@the gates of dawn of 2014


 Lights in Newtonmore

 The speedy piper sprints away alone from the Glen Hotel

.... leaving the procession to struggle along as 
best they can in the wake of the speeding piper


 Decorated snow plough

 A good crowd on Newtonmore's Main Street


 Crowd on the golf course headed for the tent and 
their dram of Stag's Breath and shortcake

 Now stationary pipers await 2014

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Faces in the crowd on the Newtonmore Golf Course
(below):











 Davy Holt entertained the crowd in the lead up to 2014










 More than ten minutes of fireworks from the stroke of midnight


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