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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




Sunday 21 December 2008

Heavy metal on the net

Hervé Lalau, secretary general of FIJEV, has drawn my attention to an article from a new group called Les 4 Verites sur le vin that considers the scientific basis of various studies on the incidence of heavy metals in certain wines. They conclude that the studies lack rigour and that the methodology and the conclusions are flimsy. Read the article here.

See also Wine Spectator article.



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