Tag: awards

Diploma In Vino Amicitas, L'Association de l'Amitie Entre les Vins

I won a Lalau wine award, but not the Roeder one

We didn’t win the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers Awards 2012 but instead the In Vino Amicitas Grand Prix Lalau pour L’Amitié entre les Vins Congratulations to Andrew Jefford and Michael Fridjhon and several others for

Our “Best Wine Book” prize certificates

Bragging time? We have not shared the beautiful pictures of it before, but we have mentioned it (I think even several times). Our last book, The Creation of a Wine (Ett vin blir till, in

Chardonnay in Meursault, Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France

The World’s Best Chardonnay

Such a title always needs to be taken with a pinch of salt. In any competition it is only those who enter that compete. In any case, the competition Chardonnays du Monde recently awarded medals

Gravely soil, Graves, Bordeaux

Prize winning Graves wines

Each year the Graves appellation organises a competition for its wines to select the wines that for the coming year will be used as examples and that will be put forward in the marketing of

Prizes to wine bloggers

The wine show Salon des Vins de la Loire gives since a few years (or is this the first time?) prizes to the best wine blogs. It is French speaking wine blogs (albeit not purely

A wine that’s gone flat

Adrien Cussonneau, a design student, won a well deserved prize for his original wine bottle. His end-of-studies project was to design a bottle on the theme “Loire profiles”. The resulting bottle turned out, well, flat.

Livingstone-Learmont wins prize for Rhône bible

It’s a brick of a book, but then it contains just about everything you might want to know on northern Rhône wines – written by John Livingstone-Learmont. That’s his latest book but he has previously

The best chardonnay wines

The competition Chardonnay du Monde has ranked the top chardonnay wines among the 923 competing entries from 37 countries. One wine was awarded Great Gold medal: Champagne Mandois 1er Cru Blanc de Blancs 2004, but

The World’s best sparkling wines

The World’s Best Sparkling Wines (Effervescents du Monde) is the name of a competition that each year (just in time for New Year) gives prizes to the best (you guessed) sparkling wines. this year there

Book on Portuguese wines wins prestigious prize

”The Wine & Food Lover’s Guide to Portugal” is an excellent book onn Portuguese wines and wine districts full of tips and recommendations of how to travel, where to stay, and of course what to

Organic wines win prizes

Signature Bio is a competition for organic wines that is now in its 20th year. This years competition awarded a “Special Gold Medal” to Mas Costeplane Pioch de l’Oule Rouge 2006 Vin de Pays d’Oc

Chardonnay in Meursault, Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France

The World’s Best Chardonnay

Such a title always needs to be taken with a pinch of salt. In any competition it is only those who enter that compete. In

Gravely soil, Graves, Bordeaux

Prize winning Graves wines

Each year the Graves appellation organises a competition for its wines to select the wines that for the coming year will be used as examples

Prizes to wine bloggers

The wine show Salon des Vins de la Loire gives since a few years (or is this the first time?) prizes to the best wine

A wine that’s gone flat

Adrien Cussonneau, a design student, won a well deserved prize for his original wine bottle. His end-of-studies project was to design a bottle on the

The best chardonnay wines

The competition Chardonnay du Monde has ranked the top chardonnay wines among the 923 competing entries from 37 countries. One wine was awarded Great Gold

The World’s best sparkling wines

The World’s Best Sparkling Wines (Effervescents du Monde) is the name of a competition that each year (just in time for New Year) gives prizes

Organic wines win prizes

Signature Bio is a competition for organic wines that is now in its 20th year. This years competition awarded a “Special Gold Medal” to Mas

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