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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




Thursday, 16 September 2010

Quarts de Shame Appellation Congelée

 Giving an exceptional terroir a helping hand ...!!

(From my Tuesday's post on Les 5 du Vin)
 Later this month the Syndicat des Quarts de Chaume will meet to decide whether to allow cryoextraction to concentrate musts destined for Quarts de Chaume. I gather that two of the producers have asked the Syndicat to permit its use. 
 
A quite extraordinary turn of events I think as there have already been two successful court cases to defend the high reputation of Quarts de Chaume against the apparently overweening ambitions of the Chaume producers.

Read the rest here.

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