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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




Thursday 20 March 2014

Côte Roannaise: second day


 The slope of Montplaisir

Again a quick report as my day finished late – getting back around 11.30 pm after seven visits and I'm off again this morning with a remaining half day in the Roannaise and then down to the Côtes de Forez for the afternoon.

 Jean-François Pras


 Eric Villeneuve: Domaine du Pavilon


A half bottle@the Domaine du Pavilion

 Ambierle

Sheep in the vineyards of Château 'Mouton-Palais'!

 Stéphane Sérol in Les Blondins (above and below)


Les Blondins
The Côte Roannaise is also the southern limit 
for the Charolais appellation 

 A 'fast vat'@Domaine Sérol

 The Oudan Vineyard (above and below)


 Domaine de la Paroisse: very old vines planted in 1878

 Jean-Claude Chaucesse: Domaine de la Paroisse
in his old vines (1878)




Eric Désormière

Vines: Domaine Désormière 


 Jean-Marie and Philippe Vial pruning (above and below)


 



 Boutheran

Vincent Giraudon's vines in Villemontais

 Vincent Giraudon



More detailed reports to follow.






1 comment:

Luc Charlier said...

One can never be sure about « very old vines ». I know nothing of this area, not any more than in many others. But I can confirm that old vines need not have a HUGE trunk, as many people imagine. Our own old carignan, still a good 40 years younger than the plants you exhibit, is not impressive either, as far as its diameter is concerned. What is the yield? Does he need to prune a lot, I mean severely?