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 winter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label winter. Show all posts

Sunday, 17 December 2017

London: amazing early Sunday morning light


 Towards the North Downs 

Remarkable light over London early this morning, especially looking southwards – a few photos.

 
 Towards Forest Hill School and onto Bromley

Dawson Heights and a shrouded Shard

 Horniman Museum and Canary Wharf 
just visible thru gloom





Saturday, 13 March 2010

This winter – 'not as exceptional as we think it is'

January 2009: Epeigné-les-Bois

Interesting analysis of this winter's weather in the Loire by Patrick Galois, forecaster for Météo-France, in today's La Nouvelle République:


Pour la NR, Patrick Galois, prévisionniste à Météo-France, revient sur un hiver qui tarde à passer et qui a été marqué par de nombreux épisodes neigeux.
Est-ce que l'hiver 2008-2009 est à marquer d'une pierre blanche ?
« La vraie originalité de cet hiver est sa fréquence d'épisodes neigeux. A Tours, il y a eu 17 jours de chute de neige et 11 jours où la neige a tenu au sol et la région Centre n'a pas été parmi les plus enneigées. A Poitiers, il y a eu 17 jours de chute de neige et elle a tenu pendant 14 jours au sol.


Galois dismisses the idea that 2009-2010 has been an exceptionally harsh, cold winter, pointing out that 1962-63 was much colder. Although there have been waves of cold this winter there have also been warmer periods. He also says that the recent storm, Xynthia, can't really be ascribed to global warming.