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




Friday 8 May 2009

Springtime in Savennières

Biodiversity in Savennières


Cover crops between the rows of vines
Photos by Cathy Shore of le tasting room



Spring flowers


Silent spring in Touraine

Can this scorched earth approach really be a viable long-term alternative? Admittedly a bottle of Savennières sells for considerably more than a Sauvignon de Touraine but..... If you were a bee where would you prefer to pollinate?

More details on le tasting room's blog.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

La vigne s'auto-pollenise.