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 5 November 2013

#DWCC #DWCC13 Photos from the excellent Wine Mosaic Grand Tasting: 26.10.13

Julia Harding MW presenting@the Grand Tasting 
of little known Iberian grape varieties

 José Vouillamoz: Julia's co-presenter 
and a co-author of Wine Grapes

This was an excellent presentation by Julia Harding MW and José Vouillamoz covering 10 little known varieties from the Iberian Peninsula. The ten were – white: Vital, Antão Vaz, Jampal, Albilla de Manchuela, Tempranillo Blanco (now authorised for white Rioja), Maturana Blanca; red: Alvarelhão, Honarribi Beltza, Callet and Touriga Fêmea.  

 
Jean-Luc Etievent of Wine Mosaic
 



Ricardo Bernardo: stepping up – DWCC's official photographer


Yolanda Ortiz de Arri  

After the Grand Tasting:
 





 
Arnaud Daphy of Wine Mosaic

DWCC 2014: Montreux, Switzerland 31st October – 2nd November


 Swiss Pinot Noir Grand Cru

At the end of the Grand Tasting the venue for next year's DWCC conference was announced with a flourish of Swiss Pinot Noir Grand Cru – Montreux on Lake Geneva – to great surprise, by Jancis Robinson via video link!


2 comments:

Ricardo Bernardo said...

Jim,
stepladders are not my specialty!

Thanks again for the photo!

Jim's Loire said...

Ricardo. I'm sure you will soon master them!