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




Monday, 24 September 2012

Patrick Sandeman dies in sky diving accident

Very shocked and sad to discover this afternoon that Patrick Sandeman of the highly respected Lea & Sandeman wine shops in London died in a sky diving accident on Saturday. It is particularly shocking as I saw Patrick and chatted to him at the Bunch tasting recently (Thursday 13th September).

See Decanter news here, Jancis Robinson here and Daily Telegraph here.

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