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




Friday 27 January 2017

First impressions of Marseille

 I thought we had left Paris behind
....it must be bigger than I imagined...

 Shellfish stalls at Toinou
(above and below)



Choice of lobsters etc.

A dozen oysters and a glass each of local 
white wine as an apéro before dinner  – Yum!

The Big Wheel @Le Vieux Port

La Maison Empereur – one of the oldest hardware shops in France 

The Opera House  

Le Vieux Port

Le Relais 50 – and so to an excellent dinner
(subject of the next post)






1 comment:

Bob Rossi said...

Great photos. French fish markets are always impressive, especially when they're in a location like Marseille.