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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




Saturday 5 May 2012

Is Pancho Campo's Chrand Management part of NATO?

The logo for Charade Management (aka Chrand Management) or NATO?

The logo for Charade Management (aka Chrand Management) or NATO?


Might Pancho Campo's new Charade Management (aka Chrand Management) be a part of NATO? Unlikely as this may seem the logos of the two organisations do appear to share a certain resemblance...!

   

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A page on The Wine Academy of Spain website awaiting an update: 


'El Profesorado
El programa educativo y de catas está dirigido por Pancho Campo, fundador de The Wine Academy y el primer español en conseguir el prestigioso título de Master of Wine en 2008*. Pancho ha realizado catas y colaborado con los principales expertos mundiales como Robert Parker o Jancis Robinson y ha formado a sumilleres, bodegas y profesionales de más de 30 países.'

The Wine Academy es una división de CHRAND Management, empresa especializada en el diseño y organización de eventos deportivos, musicales y del vino. CHRAND Management ha organizado eventos con Al Gore, Kofi Annan, Francis Ford Coppola, Sting, Pink Floyd, Enrique Iglesias, Stefan Edberg, Andre Agassi y muchos otros famosos. www.chrand.es'


'The Faculty
Pancho Campo, founder of The Wine Academy and the first Spaniard* to obtain the prestigious degree of Master of Wine, has designed the educational programme. Pancho has conducted tastings and collaborated with the most important wine experts such as Robert Parker o Jancis Robinson. He has also trained sommeliers, winemakers and professionals in more than 30 countries.

The Wine Academy is a division of CHRAND Management, which specializes in the design, development, and organization of sporting, music, gastronomic, and wine-related events. CHRAND Management has organized events with Al Gore, Kofi Annan, Francis Ford Coppola, Sting, Pink Floyd, Enrique Iglesias, Stefan Edberg, Andre Agassi and many other celebrities.'

*The first Chilean born/Spanish MW to have felt obliged to resign from the Institute of Masters of Wine.   



2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Not the first time Campo's company's had done it.

His Madwine TV video with the wine glass being filled with wine seemed like a ripoff from Gary Vaynerchuk's Wine Library TV video.

I wonder how much Al Gore really knows about Campo's adventures and if he will come to his senses and bail out from the October event.

Jim's Loire said...

Anon. I wouldn't be sure that Al Gore has accepted the invitation to Pancho Campo's 'Green Summit' in Barcelona in October. The article in Harpers where PC alleged that he was getting out of wine because of 'disgusting attacks' said that Gore had been invited. It didn't say he would be attending.