Shameless, indulgent nostalgia .........

 1986: Wearing a Redmon Cycling Club sweat-shirt

During a slightly overdue tidy-up I came across some photos from the 1980s and 1990s. My apologies for the nostalgic and rather egotistical memories.  

 1986 Vaucluse: Max Hasender of Schwarzenfeld, 

Jim and Paul, Max's eldest son 

 

1986 Cycling in Bavaria 

 

 1986 Bavaria: Almost a white shirt – what can he have been thinking of?

1986 Bavaria: Max Hasender, Jim, CRM and Richard Hasender, Max's father

 February 1989 Muscadet CRM with a 

once serious wine writer visting François Bonnehomme

(above and below) 

on first assignment for Decanter

Pays Nantais with Gilbert Bossard  

Not sure of the date

 

Pays Nantais with Jean-Ernest Sauvion 

then of Château du Cléray and Maison Sauvion  

September 1992: being intronised into 

Les Entonneurs Rabelaisiens de Chinon

Glass of Chinoin already empty......

 

'This blogger' elected chair of the Circle of Wine Writers

Stuart Walton (retiring Circle chair), Steven Spurrier (CWW president), 

Jim (new CWW Chair) 

'This blogger' was honoured and delighted to be elected chair of the Circle of Wine Writers. Min will be a two-year term of office. This marks a first for the Circle electing the first Chair who is a regular blogger. It emphasises both that the CWW does evolve and that it certainly welcomes membership applications from regular bloggers as well as from people who communicate about wine in more 'traditional' media.  

I am lucky to take over from Stuart Walton, who has been Chair for the last four years.  

2012 Born Digital Wine Awards presentation

Some photos from the 2012 Born Digital Wine Awards presentation 23rd May 2012

The social Triumverate: Gabriella Opaz, Robert Mcintosh and Ryan Opaz

Robert@theshirt.co.uk 

Justin Howard-Sneyd of Laithwaites, one of the sponsors of the Born Digital Awards 

Richard Ross chair of the judges 

Jim on winning the Best Investigative Wine Story Award

 Damien Wilson 

Part of the audience 

 Mariella Beukers