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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'

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2012: Born Digital Wine Awards: No Pay No Jay – best investigative wine story

2012: International Wine Challenge – Personality of the Year Award




Sunday 26 January 2014

1982 Haut-Médoc: when Allan Cheesman was in his pomp!

 1982 Château Barreyres, Haut-Médoc, Sainsbury's Vintage Selection


Opened on Thursday night and enjoyed with a pot roasted chicken this bottle of 1982 Château Barreyres, Haut-Médoc bought in Sainsbury's in Forest Hill, London SE23 for around £3 if I remember correctly. Showing well still with sweet, well textured fruit from the days when Allan Cheesman, in charge of wine at Sainsbury's then was his pomp!

Allan Cheesman@DWWA 2013

2 comments:

Wine Splodge said...

I drank a lot of that back in the days when Sainsbury's stocked wine worth drinking. It's selection is dismal now.

Wine Splodge said...

Ah the days when Sainsbury's stocked wine worth drinking. Their selection is dismal now.