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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




Wednesday 8 January 2014

Loire: Renaissance des Appellations@Greniers Saint Jean 1st and 2nd February

American writer Alice Feiring@Renaissance 2013


The annual Renaissance des Appellations tasting held in the Greniers Saint Jean, Angers will be on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd February. There will be producers from all over France as well as a few from Austria Italy and Spain. Naturally the Loire, especially Anjou, will be strongly represented.

Loire producers@Renaissance:
Bruno Allion – Touraine
Philippe Gilbert – Menetou-Salon
Françoise Chidaine – Montlouis, Touraine, Vouvray 
Sébastien Riffault – Sancerre
Eric Nicolas – Coteaux du Loir, Jasnières
Etienne de Bonnaventure – Chinon
Bernard Baudry – Chinon
Pascal Lambert – Chinon
Yannick Amirault – Bourgueil, Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil
Sébastien David – Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil
Michel Augé – Touraine
François Plouzeau – Touraine
Louis-Jean Sylvos – Touraine 
Vincent Carème – Vouvray
Benjamin Joliveau – Vouvray (?)
Michel Gendrier – Cheverny, Cour-Cheverny
Michel Quenioux – Cheverny, Cour-Cheverny
Laura Semeria – Cheverny, Cour-Cheverny
Mathieu Vallée – Saumur, Saumur-Champigny
Jean-Noël Millon – Saumur-Champigny
Guillaume Reynouard – Saumur
Aymeric Hilaire – Saumur, Saumur-Champigny
Xavier Caillard – Saumur
Philippe Gourdon – Saumur
Guillaume Pire – Saumur
Pithon-Paillé – Anjou
Guy Bossard – Muscadet
Joseph Landron – Muscadet
Thierry Michon – Fiefs Vendéens 
Jacques Carroget – Ancenis
Sylvain Potin – Anjou
Stéphane Rocher – Anjou
Jean-François Regnier – Saumur
Olivier Lecomte – Anjou
Joël Menard – Anjou
Loïc Mahé – Savennières
Virginie Joly – Coulée de Serrant, Savennières
Richard Leroy – Anjou
Maï Hodgson – Anjou
Mark Angeli – Anjou
Stéphane Deboutbertin – Anjou
Didier Chaffardon – Anjou
Bruno Rochard – Anjou
Christophe Daviau – Anjou
Philippe Delesvaux – Anjou
Eddy Oosterlinck – Anjou
Patrick Baudouin – Anjou
Laurent Herbel – Anjou
Jean-François Vaillant – Anjou
Clément Baraut – Savennières
Toby Bainbridge – Anjou
Th. Ducleux, JM Brousset et J. Delrieu – Anjou
Thomas Carsin – Anjou

There will be a tasting of organic wines – La Levée de la Loire – on Monday 3rd February 2014 also at the Grenier Saint Jean. This is an unfortunate clash with the Salon des Vins de Loire, which runs from Monday 3rd to Wednesday 5th February. 



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