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




Thursday 19 May 2016

Loire wines at the London Wine Week: 23rd - 29th May



'London Wine Week will fill our city with humble grape juice in just a few short days, taking over the city for its third year for the week of 23-29 May 2016. We’ve got more than 500 different wines available to try as part of a LWW flight or offer, a series of long table banquets, and a whole week of unique tasting events for you to get your teeth into…' 

There are various events involving Loire wines during this week
  
Cigalon hosts wines from the Loire
Cigalon Restaurant, 115 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PP
Date
: 23/05/2016

Opening Times: 6pm - 10pm 

Price: £29.50 – three courses
& four wines – Crémant de Loire
, Langlois Chateau; 2014 Muscadet Terre de Pierre, Muscadet Sèvre et Maine, Domaine Pierre Luneau-Papin; 2013 Terres Chaudes, Saumur-Champigny, Thierry Germain; 2012 Cuvée Prestide, Coteaux du Layon, Langlois Chateau. (Not sure how you make a Cuvée Prestige in 2012...)   

For booking and more information please call 020 7242 8373 or email bookings@cigalon.co.uk. 
 
The Loire Valley, from West to East

Sager + Wilde
, 193 Hackney Road, London E2 8JL 
Monday 23rd May £15 6pm
'Special Loire day – masterclass with six Loire wines. Then a meal with special one-night-only Loire Valley menu.  

Loire Valley Wines Summer BBQ Queen of Hoxton
Wednesday 25th May
5pm – 10pm £10

J'Adore Loire Part 1
Borough Wines & Beers, 30 Station Terrace, London NW10 5RP
Wednesday 25th May, 7.30pm-9pm, £15
Wine merchant on Kensal Rise for a whistle-stop tasting tour of the Loire Valley presented by Michelle Cherutti-Kowal MW. Tickets includes wines, regional nibbles and a bottle of Loire wine to take home. 

J'Adore Loire Part Two 
Borough Wines & Beers, 112a Columbia Road, London E2 7RG
Friday 27th May, 7.30pm-9pm, £15

Wine merchant in Hoxton for a whistle-stop tasting tour of the Loire Valley presented by Michelle Cherutti-Kowal MW. Tickets includes wines, regional nibbles and a bottle of Loire wine to take home. 

Hidden Gems of Loire Valley
Bedales of Borough Market, 5 Bedale Street, London SE1 9AL
Thursday 26th May, 7pm-9pm, £25
Evening of Loire wines with Helen McGinn of The Knackered Mother's Club. Seven Loire wines to taste along with breads, meats and cheeses. 

 




 

 

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