E: 21/02 win a case of bollinger RD 1996

jellie75

http://www.decanter.com/competition/?id=6190
Another Decanter competition, couldn't find this one so hope it isn't a dupe!
10 questions- need help with some!!
1.Which renowned Bordeaux second-growth estate expanded into South Africa?
answer: pichon lalande (see tommydizzle and rhubarbcottage's posts below-thanks)
2.Which UK supermarket harnessed the power of 'super sensitive' pregnant women in 'Operation Cot du Rhône'?
answer: Tesco
link:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-300157/Fears-pregnant-wine-testers.html
3.An eminent French wine expert began offering English sparkling wine at his Paris bistro, but under what condition?
answer: it had to be served blind link http://www.decanter.com/news/47866.html
4.Which producer released their sparkling wine under 'beer-bottle top'?
answer:chandon link http://www.decanter.com/news/49164.html
5.Penfolds identified a 'mystery' wine at re-corking clinic. What did the wine turn out to be?
answer: 1985 bin 222 link http://www.decanter.com/news/60359.html
6.Which of the following events happened this year?
answer: joanna simon left the sunday times link http://www.decanter.com/news/277565.html?aff=rss
7.Which famed French wine region was locked in a legal battle with an eponymous Swiss town?
answer: champagne - (see thetoothfairy's post below- thanks)
8.Who, credited as having 'the best shoes in the wine industry', celebrate 40 years in the trade this year?
answer:steven spurrier http://www.wine.co.za/News/News.aspx?NEWSID=5344
9.Who did Robert Parker criticise over a tasting note that described 2003 Ch Pavie as 'ridiculous'? Jancis robinson http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/22/dining/22pour.html?pagewanted=all
10.Scientists discovered a new form of taint in wine, but what was it called?
answer: TCA http://www.decanter.com/news/273757.html (see today's post below-thanks)

thanks to missielizzzie for confirming end date.

thetoothfairy

Q7 - champagne

http://regine-t-en.blogspot.com/2008/04/swiss-town-of-champagne-clear-to-use.html

today

answer 10.. TCA

tommydizzle

Q1 - Pichon Lalande

From jancis robinson website sorry cant post links yet

rhubarbcottage

Hi.

Tommydizzle's right. Looked on Decanter website and found this:

http://www.decanter.com/news/47604.html

missielizzie

Thanks for posting Jellie and for the answers you did, and thanks also to others for their answers. Just to confirm, your end date is correct (confirms this on submitting entry), so you can take the '?' out if you want to.

plasticalice

1 Pichon lalande
2 Tesco
3 It had to be served blind
4 Chandon
5 1985 bin 222
6 Joanna simon left the sunday times
7 Champagne
8 Steven spurrier
9 Jancis robinson
10 TCA