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Michèle Shah was presented with a silver vine leaf
Michèle Shah presented with silver vine leaf
Very proud to report that Michèle Shah who writes our travel guides to the wine regions of Tuscany has won 'Best foreign journalist of the year' awarded in the Grandi Cru d'Italia awards in Verona at the end of last week's Vinitaly wine exhibition.
Michèle was one of four shortlisted journalists working for UK, German and Austrian magazines - she won the award for her contributions to the wine magazines Decanter, Wine Spectator and Harpers.
The Grandi Cru d'Italia is a group of 130 Italian wineries, who, according to Michèle, represent the top wine producers in Italy in terms of quality and of market influence.
Michèle spoke frankly about what the award means to her: "this was one of the most moving highlights of my working career as a wine critic.
I got a tremendous warm cheer from the 130 producers at the award dinner and afterwards many came personally to congratulate me.
More than merely receiving the award, it was really the individual messages from each of them that made it so special and meaningful."
Many congratulations to Michèle who has been given proper recognition for her specialist writing on Italy's wines and wine regions - you can see most of her published articles on her own website as well as a wealth of further information.
You can also read more about Michèle on Wine Travel Guides.
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Updates on Wine Travel Guides | Tagged: Grandi Cru d'Italia, Italy, Michèle Shah, Tuscany, wine travel guides |
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I'm really excited to have cajoled Michèle Shah, a top writer on Italian wines, food and travel to contribute to Wine Travel Guides and we have just launched her first two on-line travel guides to Tuscan wine regions which are also our first guides to wine regions outside of France.
Towers of San Gimignano and surrounding vineyards
Two of the towers of San Gimignano and the surrounding vineyard landscape
The area between San Gimignano and Siena is home to so many sensational wine producers that I don't quite know how Michèle managed to narrow down her Chianti Classico and Vernaccia di San Gimignano selection.
The restaurants and bars sound mouth-watering and the places to stay she has chosen range between homely and sheer luxury.
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Michèle Shah