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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'

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 25 September 2017

2017 Loire – Pouilly-Fumé last Wednesday morning

 At Saint-Andelain looking down towards 
Les Berthiers, shrouded in mist 


Last Wednesday morning it was truly autumnal with thick mist covering much of the lower ground between Chavignol (part of the commune of Sancerre) and Pouilly. We left Chavignol bathed in sunlight but by Saint-Satur the mist had closed in and it stayed that way well after we crossed the Loire till we reached the heights of Saint Andelain.  

Saint-Andelain: Looking towards Les Cassiers
 

Bunch of Sauvignon Blanc @Saint Andelain
 
 Picker @ Domaine Michel Redde

 Sébastien Redde in the winery (Domaine Michel Redde)

 Romain Redde in the vines 

 Domaine Masson Blondelet in Pouilly-sur-Loire 

Les Loges, Pouilly-sur-Loire– one of the places along the Loire 
where the vines are quite close to the river
 
Les Loges – very much a vignerons' village 
Sancerre can be just glimpsed through the misty background

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