Professor Serge Renaud was given the Legion d’Honneur on July 14 for his research into what has become called The French Paradox: Why is it that French have so comparatively little cardiovascular diseases even though they eat a lot of fatty food? – Why, they drink wine bien sur. (to summarise the findings briefly…) His work gained little recognition in France initially, until it was widely publicised on American TV. Read more on Vinimarket.com