It gives me great pleasure to announce that Wine Review Online columnist Michael Apstein was awarded the Press Trophy last week in a ceremony at the Domain de Suremain in Mercurey, France, during the 2008 Les Grand Jours de Bourgogne.
Michael was honored for his Wine Review Online column “Pouilly-Fuisse: The Bargains of Burgundy in 2005.” The column was published Sept. 25, 2007. Other nominees included Allen Meadows of Burghound for an article entitled “Terroir Focus: Volnay — A Basic Primer”; Bill Nanson of the United Kingdom for a profile of Gevrey Chambertin; and Raoul Salama of Revue de Vin du France, for the piece “Les joyeau de la Bourgogne.”
Organziers of Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne established the Press Trophy in 1998 to “pay tribute to an informative report presenting the wines of Burgundy.” The nominations are judged by a jury of Burgundy wine professionals.
Previous winners inclide our good friend Stephen Brook of Decanter, who will be visiting the United States in a couple of months to judge wines at the fifth annual Critics Challenge International Wine Competition; Bernard Burtchy of Gault Millau; Jean Aubry of Le Devoir (Montreal);, Uwe-Lothar Muller, from Franco-German Television; and Frederic Courant and Jamy Gourmaud for an episode of ‘Vin sur vin’ aired on France 3 Television entitled, ‘C’est pas Sorcier.”
Congratulations to all of the nominees, but most of all to our very own Michael Apstein.
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