The ”discoverer” of The French Paradox honoured with the Legion d’Honneur

Author: Per Karlsson
August 15, 2005

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Author: Per Karlsson
August 15, 2005

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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

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Per Karlsson

Swedish. Per is co-founder together with his wife Britt of BKWine. Rumour has it that his interest in wine started already when he was 11. Just like Britt he visits some 200 wineries each year on wine tours and for journalistic research. He writes about wine primarily online on BKWine Magazine and in the BKWine Brief. Per is also a professional photographer, specialising in wine and travel photography. See BKWine Photography for more on this. Since a few years back he has also branched out into video production on the same subject. He has contributed all images, and some text, to BKWine’s wine books.

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Per Karlsson