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




Showing posts with label Coulée de Serrant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Coulée de Serrant. Show all posts

Monday, 30 July 2012

Vignes Vins et Randos: new rando in Savennières


Vignes Vins et Randos: 1st and 2nd September 

Details of a new walk as part of Vignes Vins et Randos: 1st and 2nd September

'Idée week-end n°1 : l’AOC Savennières à l’honneur !

A visiter en exclusivité : nouveau parcours de cette 9 édition
Maine-et-Loire, Beaulieu-sur-Layon - Samedi 1er septembre  
(1jour / 1nuit en chambre d’hôtes de luxe –  68€ par personne) 
  
Le Samedi le 1er Septembre Rendez-vous place de la mairie, à Savennières, pour découvrir le nouvel itinéraire de Vignes, Vins et Randos.

La nature sera reine de cette nouvelle randonnée. La prestigieuse coulée de Serrant de ce terroir unique éveillera vos papilles, ainsi que la récente appellation savennières-roche-aux-moines.

Les amoureux de peinture apprécieront à l’arrivée, les toiles datant du XVIIIème siècle dans le magnifique parc du château des Vaults.

Laissez vos 5 sens se libérer au travers des autres randonnées : Coteaux-du-layon, Bonnezeaux, Anjou-villages ou encore Saumur-champigny !

Dégustations gourmandes sur notes musicales sauront réveiller en vous le vrai plaisir des Vins de Loire.

Un grand nombre d’animations égaieront votre week-end ! Sans oublier qu’un kit du randonneur et un verre de dégustation vous seront remis afin que vous puissiez profiter au mieux du terroir.

Alors soif de découvertes ?

Participation : 5€ / personne (sur place) – 3€ pour les pré-inscrits
Pré-inscriptions sur le site www.vignesvinsrandos.fr ou en composant le n° Azur 0811 11 95 40 (prix d’un appel local)'




Thursday, 26 February 2009

Talking Biodynamics with Nicolas Joly – Part II

The second and concluding part of Gary's interview with Nicolas Joly is now available:


During the course of the interview Nicolas is strong on philosophy and theory but is interestingly vague when asked some specific questions like who else owns part of the La Roche-aux-Moines and who else do you think is making good wine in Savennières. To be fair Gary Vaynerchuk tends to be too quick to interrupt. Nicolas manages to remember that Pierre Soulez used to own part of the Roche aux Moines but fails to mention his neighbour, Madame Laroche, who he once took to court over the use of the name Roche aux Moines. Nor does he mention Claude Papin, who also has vines there.


Well worth reading in conjunction with Gary and Nicolas' chat is wine doctor Chris Kissack's updated profile of La Coulée de Serrant. Chris gives careful consideration to the divided opinions over the perceived quality of the estate's wines and looks at the wine-making methods used. It would be interesting to see what the results would be if someone like Noël Pinguet or Jean-Pierre Chevallier were put in charge of wine-making at La Coulée.

Wednesday, 25 February 2009

Talking biodynamics with Nicolas Joly (part 1)

Nicolas with Ales Kristancic, remarkable maker of sparkling wine in Slovenia@St Johns, Smithfield, London for the Circle of Wine Writers annual dinner in 2006

This is well worth watching:
Gary Vaynerchukt (The Wine Connoisseur) interviews Nicolas Joly (on YouTube): 26 minute clip. Although I'm not sure that calling Nicolas a 'certifiable wine legend' was the happiest choice of words.