2011 André Simon Awards – some more photos

 Julian Cotterell (chairman of the awards) setting the scene for the 2011 presentation

Before the awards ...

Luis Guterriéz

 Jésus Barquín: "anyone seen Luis?"

 John Avery MW (above and below)*

 Jon Wyand: don't you zoom in on my tie!

 Sarah Jane Evans 

Sam Harrop MW (Authentic Wine)

**: 21st March: very sorry to learn that John Avery MW suffered a serious heart attack today. Best wishes for a speedy and full recovery.

New book: The Finest Wines of Burgundy

The Finest Wines of Burgundy by Bill Nanson with photos by Jon Wyand £20, 320 pages  

I recently received a copy of this new book on Burgundy – the lastest in the World of Fine Wines in cooperation with Aurum Press. The text is written by Bill Nanson, author of the highly respected on-line Burgundy Report, while the photos are by Jon Wyand. Jon is a very fine photographer and Burgundy is his particular passion. I haven't yet had time to read all of Bill's text but have had time to look through Jon's photos to see how an expert goes about their work and get some tips on how to improve my portrait photos, while trying to avoid copying!