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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'

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2012: Born Digital Wine Awards: No Pay No Jay – best investigative wine story

2012: International Wine Challenge – Personality of the Year Award




Tuesday, 5 January 2016

2016 La Dive Bouteille, Saumur – 31st January and 1st February 2016




The 2016 edition of La Dive Bouteille will be held at the Caves Ackerman, 19 Rue Léopold Palustre, Saint-Hilaire, 49400 Saumur on Sunday 31st January and Monday 1st February 2016. Cost of entry 10€.

Naturally Loire vignerons take centre stage with the following present:

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Marion Pescheux et Manuel Landron, Complémen’terre (Muscadet)
Jérôme Bretaudeau, Bellevue (Muscadet)
Marc Pesnot, la Sénéchalière (Muscadet)
J Bresteau et M Houtin, Grange aux Belles (Anjou)
Aurélien Martin et Philippe Delmée (Anjou)
Geneviève et Nicolas Bertin-Delatte, Echalier (Anjou)
Clément Baraut (Anjou-Savennières)
Sylvain Martinez (Anjou)
Stéphane Erissé, Andrée (Anjou)
Nicolas Reau (Anjou)
Eric Dubois, Clos Cristal (S-Champigny)
Antoine Sanzay (S-Champigny)
Bruno Dubois (S-Champigny)
Sylvanie et Matthieu Bouchet, Gaillard (Saumur)
Thierry Germain, Roches Neuves (S-Champigny)
Sylvain Dittière, Porte Saint-Jean (S-Champigny)
Caroline et Antoine Foucault, le Collier (Saumur)
Arnaud Lambert, Brézé (Saumur)
Emeline et Sébastien Bobinet (S-Champigny)
Romain Guiberteau (Saumur)
Fred Sigonneau, de l’R (Chinon)
Jérôme Lenoir, cave des Roches (Chinon)
François Blanchard, le Grand Cléré (Touraine)
Gérard Marula (Touraine-Chinon)
Lise et Bertrand Jousset (Montlouis)
Sébastien Brunet (Vouvray)
Mathieu Cosme, Beaumont (Vouvray)
C. et D. Delecheneau, Grange Tiphaine (Montlouis)
Grégory Leclerc, Chahut et Prodiges (Touraine)
Noella Morantin (Touraine)
Laurent Saillard (Touraine)
Julien Pineau (Touraine)
Brendan Tracey (Touraine)
Olivier Lemasson, les Vins Contés (Touraine)
Christian Venier (Touraine)
Reynald Héaulé (Orléannais)
Noella et J-P Robinot, l’Ange Vin (Jasnières)
Renaud Guettier, La Grapperie (Côteaux du Loir)
Alexandre Bain (Pouilly-Fumé)
Mathieu Coste (Côteaux du Giennois)
Jean Maupertuis (Côtes d’Auvergne)
Géraldine et C Pialoux, Picatier (Côte Roannaise)



There will be producers from Alsace, Beaujolais, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, Jura, Languedoc, Rhône, Roussillon and South West France. Also there are a number outside France from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Chile, Georgia, Italy, Mexico, Slovenia, Spain and the USA.

There will also be some spirit and other drink producers present including Armagnac, Beer, Calvados, Cognac, Mezcal and Sake.    

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