Denis Saverot Explained

Denis Saverot is a French author and the editor of the French wine publication La Revue du vin de France.

In 2008 Saverot accused the French government of contempt for French culture, after a Paris court ruled that a Le Parisien article on Champagne was considered advertising subject to the Evin law, regulating alcohol and tobacco advertising.^[1]

Saverot co-authored the 2008 book In Vino Satanas with the Le Journal du Dimanche journalist Benoist Simmat, describing a French wine industry that is currently in a crisis and accusing the French government of subverting the French wine industry in favour of the pharmaceutical industry.^{[2] [3]}

Saverot has also written the foreword to the bande dessinée comic book written by Simmat and illustrated by Philippe Bercovici, satirising the American wine critic Robert M. Parker, Jr., titled .^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Styles . Oliver, Decanter . Revue du Vin de France editor attacks French government, winemakers . January 31, 2008 . October 12, 2010 . September 13, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090913070906/http://www.decanter.com/news/177037.html . dead .
2. Kevany, Spohie, wine-business-international.com (October 10, 2008). French government accused of preferring pills to wine
3. Delion, Bruno, La Nouvelle Republique (October 9, 2010). Il s'attaque à Robert Parker dans une bande-dessinée
4. Compadre, César, Sud Ouest: La planète vin (October 8, 2010). Parker en bande dessinée