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 Hogmanay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hogmanay. Show all posts

Monday, 1 January 2018

Newtonmore welcomes in 2018 – faces in the crowd


Crowd at the golf course waiting for the start of 2018





Lighting torches 




Selfie with a torch







Three young women
with the singer on the stage in background

Looking after the stall serving Stag's Breath and shortbread 


A blow up Nessie or ready for an early dip?

Couple with a beer bottle 
(above and below) 




Man with a woolen hat


Mother and two piping sons

Torch-lit group










Saturday, 2 January 2016

Fireworks as 2016 arrives in Newtonmore (3rd set of photos)


Fireworks from the Golf Course at Newtonmore organised by Colin Stewart, Andrew Mackenzie and Gavin Stewart from the local fire brigade.















This is the third of three posts on the Newtonmore celebrations – here and here.

Friday, 1 January 2016

Getting ready to see in 2016 @ #Newtonmore (2nd set of photos)


For a small village up in the Highlands the celebrations at Newtonmore to see in the New Year are admirably ambitious. Earlier today I posted the first set of photos here. This set concentrates on the revelers and the fireworks.    


The torchlight procession makes way to Golf Course 
A big crowd to see in 2016






Singer guitarist entertaining the crowd

Ghostly entertainer 


















 A last 2015 selfie.... 




The start of 2016...