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2013 Loire wine blog trophy competition
2013 Wine Blog TrophyLe Wine Blog Trophy c’est parti !Organisé par le Salon des Vins de Loire, le Wine Blog Trophy est un concours dédié aux bloggeurs oenophiles français.Postez sur votre blog un...
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Circle Christmas Party – some more photos
More photo from the Circle of Wine Writers Christmas Party (4th December 2012) kindly hosted by the English Wine Producers. Emma Wellings of Emma Wellings PR Fiona Sims Alice Wooledge Salmon and...
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Fraudsters gear up for Christmas (part 1): false Yapp Brothers site registered
Jason Yapp and Tom Ashworth of Yapp BrothersMessage from Jason Yapp of Yapp Brothers Ltd (7th December 2012) to fellow members of The Bunch (a group of independent wine merchants): 'Just a quick note...
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Fraudsters gear up for Christmas (part 2): false BBR emails
From Berry Bros & Rudd website Berry Bros & Rudd has also been used by fraudsters recently with emails being sent to producers purporting quite falsely to come from Max Lalondrelle.Message to...
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1855: pressure growing
La Revue du Vin de France follow up storyFollowing the news that Jean-Pierre Meyers, one of France's leading business people and who has long been an investor in 1855, has thrown in the sponge and...
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Dale Abbey: trio of bird pics
NuthatchA trio of photos featuring birds feeding in a garden@Dale Abbey Tits above and below
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Robert Parker sells all or part of The Wine Advocate
Robert Parker: "Daniel Li (CavesMaître aka Chinese Castel), I presume." Parker in Hong Kong November 2011 "Sign here please Mr Parker." The Reuters blog here is reporting that Robert Parker has sold...
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Oz Clarke's views on English wine
Oz Clarke (above and below)Oz Clarke's gives his views on English wine at the Circle of Wine Writers Christmas Party (4th December 2012)
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Portes Ouvertes: Domaine de la Grange: video plus Port Ouvertes in Layon
Domaine de la Grange poster Bruno Curassier in December 2008 with a sample of barrel-fermenting Chenin Blanc (also below) Brief report on the recent Portes Ouvertes at Bruno Curassier's Domaine de la...
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Elite Advisers: letter to investors 11th December 2012
Ernst & Young's logoThis is the letter sent by Elite Advisers to their investors yesterday providing their summary of the report by Ernst & Young into the valuation of their Nobles Crus wine...
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Nobles Crus: some comments on their letter to investors (11.11.12)
The Ernst & Young logoIn mid-October Elite Advisers hired Ernst & Young to give a second opinion on the valuation of the Nobles Crus Wine Fund, which had been audited by Deloitte (Luxembourg)...
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The big frost@SE23: Wednesday 12.12.12
Chilly hoar frost (above and below)Some photos from the bi-freeze taken around the upper part of Forest Hill on a very frosty and cold Wednesday morning. Smoke and frostLights of a 356 bus plus smoke...
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1855: why would anyone believe a word Emeric Sauty de Chalon says? + a new...
Emeric Sauty de Chalon: given the history of the 'fraudulent' 1855 why would anyone believe a word Sauty says?Emeric Sauty de Chalon (0% credibility), founder and president of 1855, has replied here to...
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2014 Tour de France to start in Yorkshire
2010 Tour de France banner@PauillacThe 2014 edition of Le Tour de France will start in Yorkshire. The first two stages will be held in Yorkshire – first one in Leeds, while the third stage will feature...
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1855: they don't pay their social charges either
France2 labels 1855 as an 'arnaque'Affaire 1855 : et maintenant, les ardoises de l’URSSAF !Depuis des années, le site 1855 fait partie des mauvais payeurs de l’URSSAF de Paris, qui inscrit chaque mois...
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South London: casualties and new ventures
Green and Blue (Lordship Lane) to close at the end of the yearSad news that the wine shop and restaurant Green & Blue, which concentrated on organic and biodynamic wines, will be closing at the end...
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Natalie MacLean: breach of copyright?
Natalie MacLean's websiteOn Saturday 15th December Palate Press posted an article on Natalie MacLean and the use of other writers' wine reviews allegedly without permission or full attribution: Natalie...
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1855 – shares plunge to 0.02€ + value cut to 10.66€M
29.11.2012: 1855 shares close@0.02€Yesterday shares in 1855 closed down at 0.02€ a share on the Paris Bourse. Down by 0.01€ on the opening price. The share price has been oscillating between 0.03€ and...
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2011 Pinot Gris from Odile Verdier and Jacky Logel
2011 Pierrelune, Pinot Gris sur granite, Odile Verdier and Jacky LogelThis Pinot Gris from Odile Verdier and Jacky Logel is the last of the fascinating range of samples I was sent from the Côtes de...
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A68: the switchback road from Northumberland to Edinburgh
We drove up to Scotland last Sunday and had one of our best trips up ever taking the M1 and then A1 to Newcastle, where we cut westwards across to Corbridge to pick up the A68, which is often...
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