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




Friday 13 December 2013

2013 André Simon Drink and Food Books Awards: shortlist


Julia Harding MW, winner with Jancis Robinon MW and José Vouillamoz, 
of the 2012 André Simon Award for Wine Grapes

The shortlist for the 2013 André Simon Awards has just been announced. Congratulations to those shortlisted.

DRINK BOOKS 
Monty Waldin’s Best Biodynamic Wines by Monty Waldin, published by Floris Books
The Curious Bartender by Tristan Stephenson, published by Ryland, Peters & Small
The New California Wine by Jon Bonné, published by Ten Speed Press
The World Atlas of Wine, 7th edition, by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson MW, published by Octopus Books
The World of Sicilian Wine by Bill Nesto and Frances Di Savino, published by University of California Press

The assessor for the 2013 Drink Books is Simon Loftus OBE – formerly chairman of Adnams now a non-excutive director.

FOOD BOOKS 
Brilliant Bread by James Morton, published by Ebury Press
Master It by Rory O’Connell, published by Fourth Estate
Simon Hopkinson Cooks by Simon Hopkinson, published by Ebury Press
Smashing Plates by Maria Elias, published by Kyle Books
The Gentle Art of Preserving by Katie and Giancarlo Caldesi, published by Kyle Books
The Modern Art Cookbook by Mary Ann Caws, published by Reaktion Books
The Modern Peasant by Jojo Tulloh, published by Chatto & Windus

The winners of the 2013 André Simon Awards will be decided just before the reception at which they will be announced in London on 26th March 2014.

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