Concentrating mainly but not exclusively on the Loire's vineyards, its vignerons and their wines along with places to eat and stay. Also covers some recently published wine books – not just from Loire. Regional Chair for Loire @Decanter's World Wine Awards since its inception. Winner of the 2009 Wine Blog Trophy (journalist category) Salon des Vins de Loire. I have a large and expanding library of photos, particularly from the Loire – places, producers, vineyards etc. European.
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'
2012: Born Digital Wine Awards: No Pay No Jay – best investigative wine story
2012: International Wine Challenge – Personality of the Year Award
4 comments:
Lovely shots of the grapes, although they are not yours, for once.
But, tell me, is there something rotten in the King-Dom Luneau-Papin-mark ?
“ I am thy father's spirit,
Doom'd for a certain term to walk the night,
And for the day confined to fast in fires,
Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature
Are burnt and purged away ...”
Luc. Good to hear from you. I assume that a) the vintage is now over and b) La chasse is yet to start.
There is nothing rotten in the fine Muscadets from Luneau-Papin just that this year has required careful selection in the vineyards.
You, for one, Budd are a teaser.
As far as rosé and white are concerned, yes, “vendange” is over.
I had a slight touch of oidium on the syrah (4 bunches out of 115 cases).
Syrah for red wines to come next week.
Then the carignans, with my younger son + girl-friend and my daughter’s “amoureux “ - as they now call them - to play the role of Moscow’s eye on the pickers.
I’m overpleased. And exhausted: bronchitis (Christine too !) – you know the “brown chitis” from “All animals great and small” in Yorkshire Moors to start with, gout spondylitis and ankle arthrosis to continue, and tooth filling that decided it was about time to quit to round it up (Round Up, funny !). We expect a good 80 hl of grenache as of first week of October, only to finish with Maury and Rivesaltes grenat amidst the rounds of war-like bullets as them bloody “chasseurs” will have their go: one cartridge (off target) to every gallon of pastis !
I don’t know what I despise most: Catalan hunters or the wild boar. Probably both Sarkosy and Strauss-Kahn: shame on them !
Luc. Delighted that the vendange is going well. I tasted the wines of one of your neighbours – Ms Jones – on Tuesday and have posted my impressions.
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