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




Tuesday 12 April 2011

2011 DWWA and springtime London


Monday saw the first day of judging at The Worx (Parsons' Green) for the 2011 edition of the Decanter World Wine Awards, which has seen another record entry with well over 12,000 wines entered. Also a record entry for the Loire with some 270 wines this year. The highlight of today's tasting was giving a medal to a Romorantin. 


We have fancy new barcoded badges this year. All very flashy but they seem of limited use as it wouldn't work on the tube barriers nor would it pay for my groceries in my local Sainsbury's.  
 

Then after DWWA a few photos of springtime London:

 Towards the centre
 Light on the Shard
 Canary Wharf
 Turrning green

 Downland view

 The Médoc by night...



3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Romorantin - absolutely love it. Sad there's so little to be found here. Look forward to finding out whose it was...

Luc Charlier said...

Jim, I’ve got the feeling I saw your second exhibit before, the one with the legend: “Towards the Centre”. I think it was the cover of Creedence Cleanair Renewal’s album by a John Camera Fog(erty), wasn’t it?

Jim's Loire said...

If you say so Luc. Actually that shot was taken yesterday...