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Concentrating mainly but not exclusively on the Loire's vineyards, its vignerons and their wines along with places to eat and stay. Also covers some recently published wine books – not just from Loire. Regional Chair for Loire @Decanter's World Wine Awards since its inception. Winner of the 2009 Wine Blog Trophy (journalist category) Salon des Vins de Loire. I have a large and expanding library of photos, particularly from the Loire – places, producers, vineyards etc. European.
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'
2012: Born Digital Wine Awards: No Pay No Jay – best investigative wine story
2012: International Wine Challenge – Personality of the Year Award
6 comments:
oh flossie!!
Brilliant photo !!
Thanks Niall and Antoinette. Thanks also Jean – have added another couple of pics.
Bouncing back on both your pretty images and you mentioning what’s happening in London, and elsewhere in the realm now, I must admit I find all this rioting alarming and also unsettling. You know I can be very critical of some aspects of British society, but one of the great honours of yours was the policy towards aliens. Whereas most continental countries would try to get them out of their borders (look at the Sangatte episode for instance), GB kept accepting a lot of otherwise “unwanted” citizens. You don’t need ID on your territory and the police used to walk around unarmed till not that long ago. Habeas corpus is much more real on your side of the Channel than over here, and so on, and so on. Therefore, it is really unfair this near-“state of emergency” should happen in Britain. Finally, it will fuel the pretence and nonsense of extreme right activists all over Europe, urging their governments towards more authority, more Law and Order, more brutality.
Education is of the essence, and earning a decent living, not coercion.
Thanks Luc.
Interesting article here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/09/uk-riots-psychology-of-looting?CMP=twt_gu
Thanks Luc.
Interesting article here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/09/uk-riots-psychology-of-looting?CMP=twt_gu
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