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




Thursday, 12 June 2014

Aspects of Bourgueil (part1)

La Tour de la Modération: Café de la Promenade, Bourgueil

Photos taken this afternoon seeking to show aspects of the Bourgueil appellation. Some to be included in an exhibition of photos to coincide with 2014 Bourgueillothérapie – Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th September.  

Flowering well underway



Benoît and Yannick Amirault@work in their vines on the coteaux

Up on the clay-limestone coteaux


Yannick Amirault in a recently planted plot
threatened by hares

Photos of the caves troglos @top of Le Grand Clos, Benais  
(above and below)





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